"In the end freedom wins" Professor who requested a lecture from Mr. Shuiwa criticizing the arrest 17:50 August 11
The arrested Hong Kong democrat, Shuba, was giving an online lecture to students at Ritsumeikan University in Japan this January.
Among them, Zhou said, "Unlike Japan, the Hong Kong government is not a democracy chosen by the people of Hong Kong. China has terrible control, and people who criticize the government are arrested and the dictatorship state is severe. Nothing else."
And "the fundamental political problems have not been solved, police violence and unjust arrests are being carried out every day in Hong Kong, and everyone is angry and dissatisfied with the government," Hong Kong said. I was appealing.
Prof. Masato Kamikubo, Ritsumeikan University's Faculty of Policy Science, who had been in close contact with Mr. Zhou for five years and asked for this lecture, strongly criticized this arrest and gave him words of encouragement.
In an interview with NHK, Professor Kamikubo said, "At first glance, China seems to be bullish and scares the world, but I personally feel that I have finally begun to do all this nasty things. The world's reputation has now fallen to the ground."
On top of that, he said, "If you take such a move, criticism will be gathered from many countries, and as a result, economic development of your own country will be stopped, and it will be a loss. People who know freedom can not be suppressed even if it is suppressed." doing.
Then, Mr. Zhou called, "In the end, freedom always wins, so it may take a long time, but I want you to do your best without giving up."