Man charged with emailing PM Wong false bomb threat targeting Parliament House

The police confirmed that they received a report that an anonymous email was sent to the Prime Minister’s Office claiming that a bomb had been planted at Parliament House.

The police conducted thorough checks of both premises, including systematic sweeps of the locations and their surroundings, but did not find any “items of security concern”.

Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and Central Police Division later established that both threats were allegedly sent by the same person.

The man was arrested on Tuesday, and the police seized several electronic devices that were supposedly used to make the threats.

If convicted, he faces a jail term of up to seven years, a fine of up to S$50,000 (US$38,600), or both.

The prosecution asked to keep Koh in remand for one week for further investigations, while Koh asked to be released on bail instead to look for a lawyer.

He also claimed that a cybersecurity expert from San Francisco was on the way to Singapore to verify if there was anything wrong with his computer and requested bail to facilitate these checks.

District Judge Brenda Tan agreed to the prosecution’s request and told Koh that his bail request would be considered when he returns to court on Jul 16.