on 2 january 1991 the omon seized the preses nams (), the national printing house of latvia and attacked criminal police officers who were documenting the event. the supreme council held a session in which it was reported that the manager of the preses nams was being held hostage, while other workers, although physically and verbally abused, were apparently allowed to leave the printing house. the supreme council officially recognized the taking of the printing house as an illegal act on the part of the communist party of latvia.