Arson! Thugs Hit Hong Kong Epoch Times Printing Press

Arsonists caught on CCTV threatening employees and setting printing facilities on fire to silence criticism of the Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong

Staff at the print shop that prints the Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times react to a fire started by four masked men on Nov. 19, 2019.

Commentary

As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has demonstrated throughout the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests, the suppression of liberty and the imposition of a police state comes in several short and often violent stages.

Tyranny by Stages

First, there was just tear gas leveled against the pro-democracy students protesting in the streets of downtown Hong Kong. Some of the protesters were arrested. Occasional public beatings by uniformed Hong Kong police often preceded arrests. And, according to Amnesty International, private beatings and torture sometimes followed arrests.