Updated June 1, 10:00 p.m. EDT
CHICAGO—On May 30 at about 5:00 p.m., the Chicago branch office of The Epoch Times received a threatening letter. Enclosed with the letter were a clipping from the most recent issue of the Chinese-language Epoch Times Mid-U.S. edition and an unidentified white powder.
“The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) fears the truth, and we are telling the truth. They don’t want people to know the truth,” said Helen Ye, the Chief Editor of the Mid-U.S. edition of The Epoch Times, when asked why the letter had been sent to her office.
Once called, police and firemen responded immediately. On arrival, the police separated out the staff who had touched the letter and held them in a makeshift quarantine. A tech team carefully removed the letter from the office and took it away for analysis. One hour later a call came that the contents of the letter were safe.
The letter has two lines, one praising the CCP and the other using vulgar language to attack Falun Gong.
