Cộng Đồng Người Việt Tự Do Úc Châu
Vietnamese Community in Australia
PO Box 200 Canley Heights NSW 2166
Tel: 0416 088 782 Email: trivo@ozemail.com.au
MEDIA RELEASE
VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY IN AUSTRALIA STRONGLY SUPPORTS HONG KONG PEOPLE’S DEMANDS FOR DEMOCRACY
Mr Tri Vo, President of the Vietnamese Community in Australia on behalf of all Vietnamese-Australians declares and calls upon Australia and the free world to stand by the people and students of Hong Kong on their quest to protect their freedom against the Chinese Communist Government’s decision to take away their democratic rights to choose and elect their own territorial leader from 2017 onwards.
In the last few days, tens of thousands of Hong Kong students and people have held peaceful civil protests to demand the Chinese Communist Government to respect Hong Kong’s existing Basic Law which states that Hong Kong’s top leader, the Chief executive, should eventually be chosen “by universal suffrage upon nomination by a broadly representative nominating committee in accordance with democratic procedures”.
“Having lost our freedom and democratic rights under the Vietnamese Communist regime, we can sympathize and understand the strong stance of the people of Hong Kong on this matter. The Hong Kong people cannot afford to let Beijing Communist regime take away their democratic self determination. It’s the first step towards losing all other rights and freedom”.
The Vietnamese Community in Australia calls upon the Australian Government and the Western world to put pressure on the Chinese Government to respect and approve any decisions made by the Hong Kong voters in accordance with the current Basic Law.
Mr Vo urges Beijing not to use force against the peaceful protestors, many of whom are young students. He expresses serious concerns for the Hong Kong people given the brutal records that Chinese Communist regime had on peaceful demonstrators in mainland China such as the massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Mr Vo calls on everyone to wear yellow clothing or ribbons on 1st October 2014 to show solidarity and support for the people of Hong Kong as the protestors there have requested on social media.
For all inquiries and further comments, please contact Mr Tri Vo on 0416 088 782.
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