“GOING TO BRING A LOT OF BOMBS TO PUT IN YOUR CAR”
According to court documents, Loo allegedly sent a false bomb threat via Facebook Messenger on Feb 28, 2024 to a Han Guo Yu.
Loo allegedly wrote: “Han Guo Yu, I am going to bring a lot of bombs to put in your car or home”.
Later that day, he allegedly sent a false bomb threat to a public figure based in Taiwan, Mr Lo Chih-Chiang, via the same social media platform, writing that he would “use the bombs to blow you up to pieces”.
The next day, Loo allegedly sent another message to Mr Han, saying that he was “going to make sure [he] will also blow you up your family members with car bombs”.
Loo was also accused of sending another false threat on Mar 1 to Mr Lo.
“Mr Lo Chih Chiang, I am going to bomb your home. And I have a lot of bombs to bomb the Legislative Yuan building,” he wrote. This refers to Taiwan’s main legislative building.
Court documents did not state if they were referring to the Taiwanese politician of the same name, Kuomintang member Lo Chih-Chiang.
However, that Mr Lo put up a post on Facebook on Mar 2, stating that he had received a bomb threat.
He also uploaded screenshots of texts he received from a “Spencer Lui” via Facebook Messenger on Feb 29 and Mar 1, containing similar threats as stated in Loo’s court documents.
The dates in the screenshot also correspond with the dates stated in the court documents of when Loo sent out his threats.
Loo’s case is scheduled to be mentioned in court again on Apr 9.
If found guilty, he could be jailed for up to seven years, fined not more than S$50,000 (US$37,200), or both.
This article was originally published in TODAY.