NEW YORK CITY—The Epoch Times on Oct. 7 received an envelope containing a white powder that appears meant to intimidate the publication.
The yellow-colored envelope contained an Epoch Times newspaper and a small clear ziploc bag containing a white powder. The Epoch Times alerted the New York Police Department, which took the items for testing. Results of the investigation are pending. Federal authorities were also notified.
The envelope bore official Chinese postal markings indicating it either originated from China or was returned from China—at the same time that pro-Beijing actors have stepped up their campaign to target and threaten The Epoch Times….