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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Feb 25 said he did not take his security for granted, after he was evacuated from his residence in Canberra for several hours following a bomb threat sent to a Chinese dance group banned in China.

Albanese returned to his residence a few hours later after nothing suspicious was found by authorities.

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00:03Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was evacuated from his residence in Canberra
00:09late on Tuesday following a security threat, and he returned a few hours later after nothing
00:15suspicious was found at the premises.
00:18The threat involved an email sent to a Chinese dance group called Shen Yun which has been
00:23banned in China.
00:24The email sent to the group's local organizers and originally written in Chinese claimed
00:31that explosives had been placed around Albanese's residence and would detonate if the group performed
00:37in Australia.
00:38Albanese said on Wednesday he did not take his security for granted and urged people
00:44to turn the heat down.
00:46In Beijing, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the dance group was spreading cult information.
00:53I noticed regarding the news, I don't understand the real situation.
00:57The Chinese are generally opposed to all kinds of violent attacks.
01:01It must be said that the called神韻演出 is not a normal cultural activity, but it is
01:08a political tool that is a political tool to transmit the political information of the
01:13For the years, the called神韻藝術团 has been taking control of their employees,
01:23The troupe is performing in different cities in Australia, including Gold Coast, Sydney,
01:29Adelaide and Melbourne, until the end of next month.
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