: Tennis: China’s Peng Shuai tells Singaporean paper she never said or wrote of being assaulted #IndiaNEWS Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has denied accusing anyone of sexual assault in her first media

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Tennis: China’s Peng Shuai tells Singaporean paper she never said or wrote of being assaulted #IndiaNEWS
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has denied accusing anyone of sexual assault in her first media comments since publicly alleging that a top Communist Party official forced her to have sex.The quickly-censored claims posted on social media last month by the former Wimbledon and French Open doubles champion sparked international concern, with the United Nations and fellow tennis stars among those voicing fears for her wellbeing.But in comments to Lianhe Zaobao, a Singaporean Chinese-language newspaper, Peng denied making the allegation.“I would like to stress a very important point: I have never said nor written anything accusing anyone of sexually assaulting me,â€? the 35-year-old said in footage apparently filmed on a phone at a sports event in Shanghai.“I would like to emphasise this point very clearly.â€?In a post on China’s Twitter-like Weibo platform, Peng alleged that former vice-premier Zhang Gaoli – who is in his 70s – coerced her into sex during an on-off relationship spanning several years.The post was quickly scrubbed from the Chinese web, but not before screenshots were posted on Twitter, setting off a global outcry.In the Zaobao video, when asked about the Weibo post, Peng said it was a “private matterâ€? that people had “many misunderstandingp ÈX›Ý]”ÚHY›Ý[X›Ü˜]K•HšY[È›ÛÝÜÈ[XYÙÈÙˆ[™ÈX›ÚYžHÚ[™ÙK‹‹”™XY[Ü™H

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