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The letter was opened by his personal assistant and contained white bacterial powder and a made an apology to Indonesia after the incident, describing the incident as "''a reckless act of indifference to human life''". "Insofar as possible retaliatory action is concerned in Indonesia, there is always a danger of that," The identity of the powder and whether it posed any health risk was initially unclear; initial testing of the powder detected traces of a " Biological Agent ", but it was later found to be nontoxic. Approximately 50 staff members were quarantined for 12 hours. Many have speculated the hoax attack is related to the recent sentencing of Schapelle Corby to 20 years imprisonment in Indonesia for drug trafficking. The embassy remained closed for several days following the incident. The hoax also occurred a few days after the May 28 , 2005 bombing of Sulawesi which almost certainly was not done by Schapelle Corby supporters. Other Indonesian Diplomatic Mission s around Australia have reported receiving threatening emails and letters since the trial of Schapelle Corby began. A bullet was sent in an envelope to the Indonesia consulate in Perth . Unrelated to the Corby arrest and trial, in September 2004 the Australian embassy in Jakarta was Attacked By A Car Bomb . On June 3 , 2005 a section of Parliament House was sealed off when the discovery of a suspicious package delivered to Foreign Minister Alexander Downer was discovered in the car park. The suspect package was taken away for analysis and no evacuations occurred. The analysis has since shown the contents to be harmless but forensic tests are continuing to establish if there are any links between this package and the earlier one sent to the Indonesian embassy. {Link without Title} Various news reports, including those from SBS have reported that the enclosed letter was written in Indonesian, with a high degree of competence. However, this has been contradicted in other reports, see links below. SEE ALSO SOURCES
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