<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR>Aware saga: 2nd envelope with suspicious powder
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->FOR a second time, an envelope containing a suspicious substance was sent to a party involved in the Aware saga.
The envelope was delivered to the Church of Our Saviour in Margaret Drive just over a week ago.
Staff members who opened the envelope found light brown granules inside and immediately called the police, said a church spokesman.
A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) spokesman told The Straits Times that hazardous material (Hazmat) specialists were called in to examine the contents, which were later found to be non-hazardous.
The Anglican church had been in the news recently as a result of the leadership dispute in the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware).
During the saga, it was revealed that six members who took over the organisation's executive committee after a shock election result on March 28 attended the church, which is known to take a strong stand on homosexuality.
The church spokesman said of the incident: 'We were concerned but never alarmed.'
The incident came on the back of a similar one on April 14 - a day before DBS Bank executive Josie Lau, 48, was appointed the new president of Aware.
That day, an envelope landed in the mailbox of the organisation's office in Dover Crescent.
A source told The Straits Times that it was addressed to a new member of the organisation.
A staff member noticed something amiss when she picked up the envelope and felt its contents to be uneven.
When she held it against the light, she saw the shadow of what appeared to be powder within.
The envelope was then wrapped in a clear plastic sheet and taken to a nearby police station.
A team from the SCDF arrived shortly after and discovered the powder to be non-hazardous.
No one has been arrested in connection with either incident. Police investigations are ongoing.
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->FOR a second time, an envelope containing a suspicious substance was sent to a party involved in the Aware saga.
The envelope was delivered to the Church of Our Saviour in Margaret Drive just over a week ago.
Staff members who opened the envelope found light brown granules inside and immediately called the police, said a church spokesman.
A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) spokesman told The Straits Times that hazardous material (Hazmat) specialists were called in to examine the contents, which were later found to be non-hazardous.
The Anglican church had been in the news recently as a result of the leadership dispute in the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware).
During the saga, it was revealed that six members who took over the organisation's executive committee after a shock election result on March 28 attended the church, which is known to take a strong stand on homosexuality.
The church spokesman said of the incident: 'We were concerned but never alarmed.'
The incident came on the back of a similar one on April 14 - a day before DBS Bank executive Josie Lau, 48, was appointed the new president of Aware.
That day, an envelope landed in the mailbox of the organisation's office in Dover Crescent.
A source told The Straits Times that it was addressed to a new member of the organisation.
A staff member noticed something amiss when she picked up the envelope and felt its contents to be uneven.
When she held it against the light, she saw the shadow of what appeared to be powder within.
The envelope was then wrapped in a clear plastic sheet and taken to a nearby police station.
A team from the SCDF arrived shortly after and discovered the powder to be non-hazardous.
No one has been arrested in connection with either incident. Police investigations are ongoing.
