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SINGAPORE \u2013 A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly making reports of fake bomb threats against two government buildings, including Parliament House, on July 3 and 7.<\/p>\n
He is set to be charged on July 9, the police said in a statement on July 8.<\/p>\n
The police said that the Home Team Science and Technology Agency on July 3 received an online form submission claiming that a bomb had been planted in the agency\u2019s building located in one-north.<\/p>\n
Four days later, on July 7, the police received a report regarding an anonymous e-mail sent to the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, which stated that a bomb had been placed at Parliament House.<\/p>\n
No items of security concern were found after the police conducted thorough checks of both premises, which included a systematic sweep of the buildings and the surroundings.<\/p>\n
Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and Central Police Division subsequently established that both bomb threats had been sent by the same person.<\/p>\n
The man was arrested on July 7, the same day the second bomb threat was made.<\/p>\n
Several electronic devices, believed to have been used to carry out the threats, were seized from his possession.<\/p>\n
He will be charged with the offence of communicating false information of a harmful thing.<\/p>\n
If found guilty, he could face up to seven years in prison, a fine of up to $50,000, or both.<\/p>\n
The police warned that such false threats cause unnecessary public anxiety and divert valuable public resources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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