The FCC Condemns the Attack on the Epoch Times’ Printing Presses
13/04/2021 14:55
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong strongly condemns the attack on the Epoch Times’ printing presses and calls for the perpetrators to be brought swiftly to justice.
The newspaper posted CCTV images of the four attackers smashing equipment with sledge hammers and said that they had threatened staff with violence during the early morning raid on Monday 12 April.
The FCC insists that media should be able operate freely without fear of violence in Hong Kong regardless of their political stance.
The Epoch Times’ printing plant was targeted in a similar attack during the Hong Kong protests in November 2019.
