Peng Shuai case: new images of Chinese tennis player posted online

A journalist from a state media broadcast, Sunday, a video and a photo of the young woman, who accused a former senior director of the sexual assault and whose fate has been aroused, since then. anxiety.

by Le Monde with AFP (with AFP)

A journalist of a Chinese state media posted on Sunday 19 December, a new video and a photo, unauthenticated, of the pennnis pengling player, whose spell worries the tennis community after his Accusations towards a former Chinese senior.

Qingqing Chen, a journalist at the Global Times, tweeted a seven-second video showing the former world issue 1 of the double chat – unacqués – with the old featured yao ming basketball player. According to the reporter, the video was sent to him by a friend and was turned during a promotion of Nordic skiing in Shanghai.

Peng Shuai accused at the beginning of November former Vice Prime Minister Zhang Gaoli to have imposed her sex three years ago. His message, broadcast on a social network, had been promptly censored and the 35-year-old player disappeared from the radar screens for three weeks.

a friend smell me video showing Chinese Tennis Star Player Peng Shuai Talked with Yao Ming, One of the Most Bel … https://t.co/pbd6sl4hyh

– Qingqingparis (@qingqing_chen)

The photo Published Sunday Peng Shuai Shuai posing with Yao Ming and two other personalities of Chinese sport: the browser Xu Lijia and the old Pongist Wang Liqin. Behind them, we can see the Yangpu Bridge of Shanghai and a “FIS Cross-Country Skiing China City Tour” banner. Shanghai’s stage of this Nordic ski tour has taken place on Saturday, according to the CGTN state media.

The authenticity of evidence always in doubt

Twitter is not normally available in China. Only people equipped with a VPN system can use it. Many diplomats and state media, however, have an account in order to ensure a Chinese presence.

Since the disappearance of Peng Shuai mid-November, WTA, the proceeding governing the women’s world tour, annulled all its tournaments in China and calls for a transparent investigation into the charges of the player.

Chinese media have repeatedly published photos of the player, as well as a screenshot of an e-mail being assigned and where is written “everything is well”, but whose authenticity is aroused Important doubts.

The player also had a half-hour discussion in videoconference with the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach. But the WTA and many tennis figures continue to claim China more transparency on the fate of the young woman.

/Media reports.