Live Updates: Global Lawmakers, Experts, Organizations Condemn Attack on Hong Kong Epoch Times Lawmakers, experts, and organizations around the world on April 12 decried the latest attack on The Epoch Times’ printing press in Hong Kong, saying it would not be a surprise if the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was behind the attack in an attempt to silence reporting critical of the regime. In the early hours on Monday, four men wearing masks—two of whom wielded sledgehammers—barged into the printing warehouse and smashed machinery and computers for approximately two minutes before leaving with a computer. No staff members were hurt during the incident.