A publication intently linked with the Falun Gong group branded by Beijing as an “evil cult” has introduced it can droop its print version in Hong Kong after failing to resume the lease of its printing store.
In a Fb submit on Friday, the Hong Kong version of the Epoch Occasions mentioned it will stop printing the newspaper on September 17, including the choice was because of “numerous elements”.
“Because the Epoch Occasions Hong Kong version’s printing crew had not been in a position to renew its lease after it had expired, along with the varied elements in Hong Kong presently, the Epoch Occasions Hong Kong Version has determined to briefly cease its printing and the distribution of its every day newspaper,” the outlet mentioned.
However the publication, which began its print version in 2001, mentioned it will proceed to publish its on-line model.
The publication is intently linked with the Falun Gong, a non secular group banned on mainland China after authorities branded it an “evil cult” in 1999.
