MALAYSIAN EMBASSY RECEIVES BOMB THREAT

JAKARTA, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- There was commotion at the Malaysian embassy
here Friday after it received a bomb threat from an unidentified caller.

The caller claimed that a bomb had been planted in the building and was set
to explode at 11am.

However, the deadline passed without incident.

The Indonesian bomb disposal squad verified that there was no explosive
found, after searching the grounds of the embassy for about 20 minutes.

This is the second time the embassy received such a threat after the first
in 2005.

The embassy, however, declined to say whether the bomb threat was related to
the claims made by the Indonesian media that Malaysia had stolen the Pendet
dance from Bali or other issues.

Malaysia had become the target of several street demonstrations following
the allegations, although the embassy had clarified that the 30-second video
clip which briefly showed a footage of the Pendet dance was produced by a
Singaporean company and had nothing to do with Malaysia.

-- BERNAMA