Choi Choi Siwon of the idol group Super Junior expressed sympathy for the Hong Kong protest and received a strong backlash from China netizens.
According to the Global Times (Hwang-Choi Siwon on the 25th, Choi was in a hurry after expressing sympathy on his Twitter Inc. about Patrick Cha Du-ri's recent interview, which was seriously shot by police during the Hong Kong protest.
Cha Du-ri told CNN on Monday that police had no reason to fire at him at the time, saying that he could kill people with bullets but he could not kill faith.
When this was announced, China netizens immediately criticized Choi Choi Siwon, such as "Do not finger anything without knowing anything" and "If you want to reveal your thoughts, go to Hong Kong and look at the situation."
Choi Siwon deleted the relevant content and apologized formally through his Weibo (and China edition Twitter Inc.).
Choi Choi Siwon posted on Weibo that he was sorry to disappoint him, saying he only wanted riots and chaos to stop.
In addition, when the Democratic Party won the victory in the Hong Kong district election on the 24th and the pro-Chinese defeated, the related search was blocked in Weibo.
This seems to be taken into account that the results of the Hong Kong election through Weibo could spread and have a bad impact on the Chinese.