Former Employee Threatens Suicide Atop Space Mountain

HONG KONG (AP) – A former Disney worker climbed to the roof of the Hong Kong park's most popular attraction and threatened to kill himself to protest his dismissal, a Disney spokeswoman and newspaper reports said Wednesday. The 48-year-old man, a former security guard at the theme park, climbed to the top of the building housing the Space Mountain roller coaster on Tuesday and remained there for two hours, Hong Kong Disneyland spokeswoman Esther Wong said. Photographs published in the Apple Daily newspaper showed the man sporting a white T-shirt with the words "reveal the truth" and "SOS" written in red paint. The man was unhappy that he was fired three months ago for allegedly violating park rules, including using obscene language during working hours, the paper said. He climbed down unhurt after a two-hour negotiation with police and fire fighters, Wong confirmed.