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Suspicious white powder letters sent from UK to Hong Kong media

Hong Kong police are investigating two media outlets that received suspicious letters containing white powder, believed to be crushed oatmeal. The letters, sent from the United Kingdom, arrived at the offices of HK01 and Dot Dot News. Authorities, including bomb disposal and hazardous materials teams, responded to the incidents. AI

RANK_REASON This is a crime report about suspicious packages, not AI news.

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Suspicious white powder letters sent from UK to Hong Kong media

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Simpson Cheung,Jess Ma ·

    Suspicious letters containing white powder sent to 2 Hong Kong media outlets

    Hong Kong police are investigating after two local media outlets received suspicious letters containing white powder – believed to be crushed oatmeal – sent from the United Kingdom. Police said that at around 3pm on Wednesday, online media outlet HK01 received an airmail letter d…