Hong Kong, Macau academics seek meeting over firing of Eric Sautede
Scholars want to meet Vatican representative over French political scientist's dismissal from university in former Portuguese enclave
The dismissal of a Macau professor and political commentator from a Catholic university last month has prompted a group of seven academics from Hong Kong and Macau to seek a meeting with the Vatican's representative in Hong Kong.
Eric Sautede, professor of politics at the University of Saint Joseph, received notice of his sacking on June 4 for expressing political views.
"We want to expose the situation and we hope to correct what has been done," said Martin Chung Chi-kei, a former St Joseph lecturer who now teaches at Hong Kong Baptist University.
"For a correction, maybe now it's too late, but we hope that something positive might come out of this."
They have yet to receive a response from Monsignor Ante Jozic of the Vatican.
Sautede, a French political scientist, writes an opinion column in the Macau Daily Times and has granted interviews with local media on city politics.