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HONG KONG: Hong Kong has no evidence to suggest it is a possible target for attacks during the Olympics, the government said, playing down comments from the city's immigration director of a terrorist threat.
"Despite the risk inherent in large Olympic events, there is currently no intelligence to suggest that Hong Kong is likely to be a target for terrorism during the equestrian events," a government spokesman said in a statement released late Monday. "The terrorist threat level remains moderate."
Police will liaise with mainland and international authorities in the run-up to the event to try and identify any potential threats, the statement added.
The comment followed remarks by Hong Kong's immigration director, Simon Peh, who suggested there was a potential threat.
"Intelligence said some people are plotting to sabotage the Olympic Games, including the equestrian events," Peh told local reporters, according to The Standard newspaper.
"Of course this kind of intelligence will continually change... right now the main individuals who might sabotage the event are terrorists," he said, without elaborating.
"If we know some are plotting to sabotage the Games, or to damage the solemnity of the events or disrupt the smooth processing of the events, we will ban their entrance."
Hong Kong Immigration authorities were criticised earlier this year for banning potential protesters from entering the city ahead of the Olympic torch relay leg here in May.
The city will host the equestrian events during the Olympics in August after they were switched from Beijing over fears of equine disease.
- AFP/so
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