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S’pore man, 40, charged for allegedly sending fake bomb threats to HTX building & parliament house
He claimed that the CEO of Anthropic was coming from the United States to help check if there was anything wrong with his computer and requested bail.
July 09, 2026, 03:43 PM
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A 40-year-old man was charged in Singapore for allegedly making reports of fake bomb threats to the Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX) building and the Parliament House.
Koh Jye Shyang faced two charges of communicating false information of harmful thing on two occasions on Jul. 9, The Straits Times and CNA reported.
Anthropic
According to ST and CNA, Koh appeared via video-link in court when receiving the charges.
He claimed that Dario Amodei, the chief executive officer of American AI firm Anthropic, was coming from San Francisco, United States, to help check if there was anything wrong with his computer.
He requested bail to facilitate these checks.
The prosecution requested that Koh be remanded for one week to facilitate further investigations.
Koh also requested bail to look for a lawyer.
The judge agreed to the prosecution's request and told Koh his bail request would be considered.
The case was adjourned to Jul. 16.
Bomb threats
On Jul. 3, at about 1:30pm, Koh allegedly sent a false bomb threat to HTX via a FormSG submission.
"There is a bomb in the Home Team Science and Technology Agency building in 1 Stars Avenue, #12-01, Singapore 138507. Please evacuate the premises immediately," the submission read.
HTX lodged a police report.
The agency is located on the 12th floor of 1 Stars Avenue, which shares the same office building as Mediacorp.
On Jul. 6 at about 3pm, Koh allegedly emailed the Prime Minister’s Office about a bomb threat.
“There is a bomb placed in the Parliament House at 1 Parliament Pl, Singapore 178880. Please evacuate the premises immediately," the email read.
On Jul. 7, the police confirmed a report of the email and conducted thorough checks of both premises, including a systematic sweep of the buildings and their surroundings.
No items of security concern were apparently found.
Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and the Central Police Division subsequently established that Koh apparently made the two false bomb threats.
He was subsequently arrested on Jul. 7.
Several electronic devices believed to have been used to perpetrate the threats were seized from him as case exhibits.
