Hoax anthrax letters disrupt operations of several Hong Kong insurance firms
Fifty AIA Financial Centre employees evacuated after one receives envelope containing white powder and labelled ‘anthrax’
Several Hong Kong insurance companies have been targeted in a series of anthrax scares, causing business disruptions and prompting responses from police’s bomb squad.
An employee at AIA Financial Centre on Prince Edward Road East in San Po Kong filed a report at 12.40pm on Wednesday after receiving an envelope containing white powder and labelled “anthrax”.
Members of the Fire Services Department’s hazardous material task force also entered the building in protective gear.
Similar incidents were reported throughout the afternoon. At about 3.40pm, the office of Blue Insurance on Wang Yuen Street in Kowloon Bay received a suspicious envelope with white material.
Insurance firm Prudential’s office in Berkshire House on Westlands Road in Quarry Bay reported a similar incident at 5.20pm.
