Introducing A 6oct Guest Speaker: Mr. Joshua Wong (English/Chinese Ver.)

Before reading the speech:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37558908 - Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong barred from entering Thailand

http://www.prachatai.com/english/node/6624 - Chulalongkorn students protest against Joshua Wong’s detention

English Version

(Chinese, see below)

I'm so glad I have the chance to give a friend, Joshua Wong, who share the same ideology with me a welcome. His biography can be found on the internet, in Wikipedia and so on. Here though I will talk about:

Actually this Saturday we, our student friends and I, were going to take him to Ayutthaya. To visit our historical monuments. Then we would have taken him to watch a theatrical drama about October 6th at Pridi Panomyong Institute. And also we would have taken you, Joshua, to communities and organizations that involves in Democracy, Environment, and community rights movement. To show you, Joshua, that our country has courteous, genial and lovely people.

We thought our government would have given more freedom to people. Especially you, Joshua. You could have visited and given speech at Political Science faculty at Chulalongkorn University. We thought there would be no problem, that the people would understand and see the importance of sharing thoughts, knowledge, and ideology. It was just a dream though. From the time I went to Hong Kong to visit you with hopes and dreams. It has turned to disappointment and sorrow. You, Joshua, you were detained for 13 hours. You couldn't even contact you parents or lawyer.

When they decided that you aren't allowed in this country. We were all sad and disappointed. We had to accept the situation of this country. And our future that they don't want to stop intervening. We must say we are sorry for what you went through. We did not expect it would turn out this way. Actually they did the same again and again. They don't realize it's a mistake. We have to say though.

Thank you for accepting our invitation. Even if your friends were worried and didn't want you to visit. Because there would be danger and you would be at risk, because our country doesn't understand about the interest of state in other dimension except the power of the authority. You, Joshua, received our invitation and wanted to come here and exchange thoughts. And to learn more about us students in Thailand. And to learn more about us students in Thailand. Even when you had to go back to Hong Kong, you still accepted our request to talk to you via Skype, even if you aren't allowed to talk about something that you may want to.

You are the inspiration. Your voice, your thought, and your action have proven that the power that looks stable is hiding fear and ego. I hope we will talk again in the future. 'Political for the new generation" ideology might still be a little bit hopeless. But today we are trying to achieve that goal. This speech will be recorded and remembered as a part of the history of society that new generation can decide our own direction, our own future.

Long live democracy in Hong Kong

Long live democracy in Thailand

Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal

6 Oct 2016

中文版

黃之鋒：

我很高兴认识黃之鋒并有机会和他分享个人的知识而经验。黃之鋒的新闻是在到处都能看见的，比如在维基百科上、报纸上等。现在我就说说关于我对他的情感。

原来我们，自己和另外的大学生，想陪黃之鋒一起去阿瑜陀耶城、看看古老的大城，然后我们就跟他去比里·帕侬荣组织 参观六日十月的泰国法政大学大屠殺概念日的表演。并且，为了让他知道我们的国家有很多又友好又亲切的人民，我们还准备了不少的活动。

我们以为我们的军政府会让黃之鋒进国，不过我们想错了。我们以为黃之鋒可以顺顺利利地进泰国来、参加朱拉隆功大学政治系的活动，我们以为我们这样做不会出了什么问题，每个人会理解这个好活动。好可惜，黃之鋒一到泰国素万那普机场的时候，他就被泰国警察抓住。他待在那儿总之十三个小时。他跟他的家人和律师沟通的机会也没有。我的心里确实失望而难过。

我们得忍着，因为将来军政府也会在插手。我们要向黃之鋒道歉。我们真的没想到他能遇到那样的情况。我们又没想到我们的活动会有这样的结果。军政府现在还没有回头，他们仍然一错再错。

不过，我们还要向黃之鋒表示感谢。虽然他的朋友担心它的安全而不想让他来泰国，黃之鋒还也愿意冒险。你既然被泰国警察送回香港去，不可以说出他准备来的东西，他还用 Skype 跟朱拉隆功大学大学生沟通。因此，我们的心里非常感动。

黃之鋒是我们的同志。我希望我能有机会跟他再见面，支持他的 “新一代的政治” 。虽然 “新一代的政治” 听起来是难以完成的一件事，但是现在我们得把它当我们的目标、而努力一起创造。为了让新一代的人能掌握自己的条路和他们的未来，我们来创造 “新一代的政治” 吧！

秦聯豐

(Franky Qin)

6/10/16

P.S. For Thai version, you can listen the speech here.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isbleLuvi3g&t=3s)