Bomb hoax suspect arrested over calls made ahead of Nicholas Tse Hong Kong show

Hong Kong police have arrested a woman suspected to have made hoax bomb reports at Kai Tak Stadium ahead of a recent concert by Cantopop star Nicholas Tse Ting-fung in a case believed to be linked to a ticketing dispute with another person.

The force said on Friday that the 28-year-old clerical worker allegedly made five reports to police on April 27 claiming that there might be a bomb at Kai Tak Sports Park, where the concert was held that evening.

“The contents of the five reports are similar. The person who made the reports claimed that they had found a suspicious item that they believed to be a bomb inside Kai Tak Stadium and demanded police come to deal with the matter,” said Chief Inspector So Chi-bing of the Kowloon East regional crime unit.

“That evening, there was to be a concert by a male singer, with the number of attendees exceeding 40,000 people.”

The force did not find any explosive devices after searching the interior and exterior of the venue, he said.

So said police believed that the five reports were false, based on the force’s risk assessment and investigations, and the concert was held successfully that evening.