Epoch Times Calls for International Condemnation of Attack on Its Reporter in Hong Kong
International | May 11, 2021
The Epoch Times calls upon the international community to condemn the Chinese Communist Party’s attempts to silence The Epoch Times and end press freedom in Hong Kong.
The ongoing campaign against the Hong Kong Epoch Times took a dangerous new turn on the morning of May 11 as a thug attacked reporter Sarah Liang with a softball bat outside her apartment building. Liang suffered bruises to both legs and was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for evaluation.
This attack follows an attempt to shut down The Epoch Times’ printing press as well as previous attempts to intimidate Liang.
In the April 12 attack on the printing press, intruders smashed equipment with sledgehammers, poured concrete debris over sensitive machinery, and stole a computer. The press was out of operation for a few days.
That was the fifth attack on the printing press since it opened in 2004, with the previous one an attempt to set it on fire, in November 2019.
Liang reported that an unknown man harassed her at her home on April 24 and that she was followed by an unknown man on April 26…
(Excerpt from the Epoch Times)