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Clifford Lo

Christy Leung

A suspicious object that turned out to be a broken Buzz Lightyear toy sparked a bomb scare at Hong Kong Disneyland.
About 500 workers were evacuated from the main office block at the theme park.
The three-hour incident on Monday, which led to the deployment of anti-terrorism and bomb disposal officers, did not affect the operation of the Lantau Island ­attraction, Disneyland said.
The alarm was sounded at about 12.30pm when a parcel, ­addressed to park managing director Samuel Lau Wing-kee, was found to contain wires and a battery during an X-ray inspection on the ground-floor mail room of the offices in Magic Road.
“The theme park’s two sniffer dogs were also deployed to detect any dangerous goods and gave a positive indication to their handlers,” a source said.
Police bomb disposal experts were sent after a report was made shortly before 12.45pm.
The Fire Services Department said six fire engines and two ­ambulances were also deployed.
The source said officers from the police counterterrorism ­response unit, who recently ­began patrolling city railway ­stations in response to global ­terror threats, were also sent.
A female worker, 45, who complained of being unwell before the incident, was taken to North Lantau Hospital in Tung Chung for treatment.
Inspections by bomb disposal officers showed the parcel ­contained a toy featuring Buzz Lightyear, a character from the Toy Story films, and a letter, the source said.
Another source said it was a letter of complaint from a man who had bought the toy for his son only to find it broken when he got it home.
A Disneyland spokesman said workers were allowed to return to their workstations at about 4pm.
In 2011, a sniffer dog used by Disneyland sparked a false alarm that led to the public transport interchange at the park being shut for nearly 2 ½ hours.
The dog had indicated ­suspected dangerous items were in a rubbish bin.
Police later found a bottle ­containing detergent.


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