Epoch Times Defiant After Hong Kong Printing Press Attacked By Jerome TAYLOR 04/13/21 AT 4:55 AM A Hong Kong newspaper linked to a spiritual group banned in China said Tuesday it would "never back down" after a gang of sledgehammer-wielding men damaged its printing presses. The assault on the Epoch Times was captured on CCTV and comes as China oversees a sweeping crackdown against critics in Hong Kong following huge and often violent democracy protests in 2019. Footage released by the paper showed four masked men storming into the printing plant in the early hours of Monday morning and smashing up equipment. The Epoch Times is handed out by members of Falun Gong, a spiritual movement that is banned in China Photo: AFP / Isaac Lawrence