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Danny Mok

A letter containing an intimidating message and white powder of an unknown nature was sent to the Hong Kong police headquarters on Tuesday, prompting an investigation into possible links to a similar case a day earlier targeting a media outlet.
The mail was sent to the recruitment division in the complex on Arsenal Street. A staff member raised the alarm after finding a malicious message targeting police along with a white substance in the envelope at about 11.40am, a police source said.
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau was deployed.
The alert was lowered after investigators confirmed the powder was not harmful.
Hong Kong police provide personal alarms to children of officers
The substance would be taken to a government laboratory for further analysis.
On Monday, a message that read: “Death to popo”, a term commonly used to refer to police, was sent to a former office of pro-Beijing Chinese-language newspaper Wen Wei Po on O’brien Road in Wan Chai. The letter also contained white powder.
A tenant at the office called police, and the bomb disposal team was sent to the scene. Authorities later confirmed the substance in this case was also safe.
In a statement on Monday night, the newspaper’s operators denounced “mobsters” for the intimidation act, saying it was a blatant challenge to the city’s rule of law and press freedom. They said they would continue to safeguard these key aspects of Hong Kong with news reports and actions.
The source said the messages in both cases were similar and police were in the process of finding out if they were related.


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Investigators found the substances in both incidents to be harmless, but these would be sent to the lab for analysis
Case follows incident a day before, in which a similar letter with the words ‘Death to popo’ was seemingly aimed at pro-Beijing newspaper



Investigators looking into whether incident is related to earlier case targeting media outlet. Substances in both incidents found to be harmless.


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Threat and white powder sent to Hong Kong police headquarters, prompting probe into ties with earlier case at former press office

Investigators found the substances in both incidents to be harmless, but these would be sent to the lab for analysis Case follows incident a day before, in which a similar letter with the words ‘Death to popo’ was seemingly aimed at pro-Beijing newspaper

Investigators found the substances in both incidents to be harmless, but these would be sent to the lab for analysis

Case follows incident a day before, in which a similar letter with the words ‘Death to popo’ was seemingly aimed at pro-Beijing newspaper