Jakarta. A suspicious package containing white powder and a threatening letter was found at Indonesia’s embassy in the Australian capital on Monday, the Foreign Affairs Ministry has reported.

The package was reported to police at about 10.45 a.m. local time, according to Australian media, prompting police, Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Fire and Rescue and hazardous material specialists to be called to the scene.

Arrmanatha Nasir, spokesman of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, told the Jakarta Globe on Monday that a packet containing suspicious powder and a “threat letter” was discovered at the Canberra embassy.

Embassy officials handed the package to the HAZMAT squad of the Canberra police, which deals with emergency incidents involving hazardous materials.

The package has been transported in a sealed container to ACT Pathology at the Canberra Hospital for analysis, the Canberra Times reported.

The incident comes a week after Australian drug traffickers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumarann were executed along with six other inmates by firing squad in Indonesia, plunging Indonesia-Australia relations to a new low.

Asked whether the incident was related to the executions, Arrmanatha said “we will wait until we have obtained the results from examination.”

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Source: The Jakarta Globe