The State Department criticized the violent assault on a reporter with the Hong Kong Epoch Times as “unacceptable” and urged a thorough investigation. “The United States condemns the recent attack committed against an Epoch Times journalist,” a State Department spokesperson told The Epoch Times. “Attacks against journalists are unacceptable and cannot be tolerated. We urge the authorities to complete a full investigation of this incident as well as the recent attack on the Epoch Times’ Hong Kong printing facilities.” On the morning of May 11, an unidentified man attacked reporter Sarah Liang in Hong Kong with an aluminum softball bat outside her residential building. Without speaking a word, the man hit her more than 10 times on her legs and feet, causing her to fall to the ground. He soon fled in a black Mercedes-Benz, leaving her with multiple bruises on her legs. Liang was transported to the Queen Elizabeth …