Emails to Chinese dancers allegedly threatened Australian PMA security scare at the Australian prime minister's residence this week was allegedly sparked by a bomb threat against Chinese dancers. (Photo: AFP)SYDNEY — A security scare at the Australian prime minister's residence this week was sparked by a bomb threat against an anti-Beijing Chinese dance troupe, the act's hosts said Friday. A copy of the Chinese-language email provided to AFP said "large quantities of nitroglycerin explosives" had been placed in the prime minister's residence. "If the Shen Yun performance proceeds anyway, the prime minister's residence will be blown into bloody ruins," the email warned. China banned Falun Gong, which it calls an "evil cult", in 1999 after 10,000 members peacefully demonstrated outside a government building in Beijing.

Source: Bangkok Post February 27, 2026 06:05 UTC