The UN demands to know where the Chinese tennis player who disappeared two weeks ago is

The UN said it wants to know where is it located Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, who disappeared from the public sphere two weeks ago, after reporting that she had been the victim of sexual abuse by a former vice president of your country.

“We emphasize that it is important to know where you are and know what your health status is“said the spokeswoman for the UN Human Rights Office, Liz Throssell, when asked about this case.

He recalled that the whereabouts of the athlete are unknown since she made those allegations against the politician Zhang Gaoli, who was vice president between 2012 and 2017. Peng led the world doubles rankings in 2012 and won at Wimbledon and Roland Garros, taking her to the pinnacle of tennis in her country.

The Women’s Tennis Association has expressed concern for the player’s safety, especially after state television CGTN presented an alleged letter from the tennis player denying that she was missing, stating that she is only resting at home and that the allegations of sexual abuse are not true .

In fact, the Tennis Association is willing to withdraw from China if not if iresearch thoroughly and appropriate the disappearance of the tennis player, assured the person in charge of that organization Steve Simon, in declarations to the chain CNN.

The head of the WTA, the main organization that governs tournaments and the professional women’s tennis circuit worldwide, stressed, regarding the case of the Chinese tennis player, that “women must be respected and not censored”.

Earlier this month, Peng, 35 and current world number 189, stated through her Weibo social network profile that Zhang, 75, had her broken, in a post that disappeared from the internet twenty minutes later.