The United Nations has demanded evidence that Chinese tennis champion Peng Shui, who went missing in early November after accusing a former high-ranking official of forcing her to have sex, is OK.
“It would be important to have proof of where he is and to know if he is OK. “And we strongly urge that all allegations of sexual assault be carried out in a transparent manner,” said Liz Trossell, a spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, during a press conference in Geneva.
“We demand an investigation with all transparency. “This should be done with all allegations of sexual assault,” she said, adding that “sexual assaults exist in all societies.”
Peng Shuai, 35, accused former Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Gaoli – who was one of China’s seven most powerful politicians from 2013 to 2018 – on social media that he forced her to have sex three years ago and then he made her his mistress.
“We want to emphasize that it is important to know where he is and in what condition he is and to know how he is doing,” Trossel repeated.
For the past few days, world tennis personalities have been expressing their concern about Peng Shui on Twitter, with the hashtag #WhereIsPengShuai.
Chinese censorship has erased the slightest trace of the tennis player’s accusations on social media. The post that was originally made on Weibo (the Chinese equivalent of Twitter) was quickly deleted and the French Agency could not verify its authenticity.
Since then, the tennis player has not communicated directly or appeared in public.
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