‘Appalling But Not Unexpected’: Pompeo Condemns Attack on Hong Kong Epoch Times Printing Press

Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla. on Feb. 27, 2021. Tal Atzmon/The Epoch Times

The violent assault on the Hong Kong Epoch Times printing plant was “appalling, but not unexpected,” given the dwindling freedom in the city, according to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

“The Chinese Communist Party continues to demonstrate they will not honor their agreement on the freedom of the people of Hong Kong,” he said in a statement to The Epoch Times. “The United States should send a clear message that continuing to oppress the people of Hong Kong and eroding their freedoms, particularly the freedom of the press will not be tolerated.”