Man, 20, arrested over bomb hoax in comments posted on SCMP’s social media

A social media user has been arrested on suspicion of making a bomb threat, which included threats of violence, in comments posted on the South China Morning Post’s Instagram account.The 20-year-old suspect, surnamed Hui, posted two comments under an SCMP Instagram post titled “Hong Kong Disneyland rolls out afternoon tickets, extra cooling to beat the heat” on Thursday night, claiming that he would place a bomb somewhere in Hong Kong, a source said.A screenshot showing the suspect’s first comment on SCMP’s Instagram account. Photo: SCMPAfter other internet users commented on the possibility of a typhoon hitting Hong Kong, the suspect wrote in his first comment that “if there’s no typhoon by then there will be a bomb planted somewhere in the city and it will take the entire workday for it to be found and defused”.