TORONTO - New Tang Dynasty Television Toronto Branch received a suspicious letter containing white powder on April 11.

At about 9:30 a.m., Mr. Tompkin, NTDTV director, received an anonymous letter. Upon opening it, a white powder inside the envelope blew onto his face. The owner of the property saw the incident and reported it to police right away. Eight police vans, ambulances and "HAZMAT" fire vehicles responded. Armed security guards with gas masks accompanied police, who isolated the building.

Mr. Tompkin was taken into a police van and kept under observation for two-and-a-half hours. A police spokesman from the No. 12 Division of Toronto Police Service said that police were proceeding with a criminal investigation.

According to NTDTV Toronto President Wang Shaojiu, since broadcasting began, the Chinese Communist Party has used numerous means to attack the station. For example, he said, the CCP attempted to interfere with the NTDTV Chinese New Year Global Gala, cancelled the visas of reporters who were to accompany Canada's prime minister on a visit to China and has recently attempted to prevent satellite broadcasts over China.

Mr. Wang, who called the incident a terrorist act, said that he believes it to be a systematic attack on NTDTV by the same group of people. "We will never be threatened. We'll continue to do what we should do; to spread the truth to the Chinese people."