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Former Chinese leader implicated in sex scandal

2021-11-04T04:19:03.995Z


Chinese tennis champion Peng Shuai accused a former top Communist leader of coercing her into sex before making it ...


Chinese tennis champion Peng Shuai accused a former top Communist leader of coercing her into sex before making her his mistress, a charge that was censored Thursday (November 4) online.

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On the Weibo social network, Peng Shuai, double winner at Roland Garros in 2014, claimed on Tuesday to have had forced sex with former Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Gaoli, at the latter's home in Tianjin (north). three years ago. This testimony was quickly erased by Chinese censorship, as were the reactions on the subject, which spread like wildfire. As of Thursday, searches for both Peng Shuai and Zhang Gaoli were still blocked on Weibo and the Baidu search engine.

China has seen a very sanitized version of the MeToo movement since 2018, with accusations of sexual harassment targeting stars of the song or the small screen, but never so far a politician.

Zhang Gaoli, aged around 75, was until early 2018 a permanent member of the Chinese Communist Party's political bureau and as such one of the seven most powerful men in China.

He is considered close to Premier Li Keqiang.

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In his post, 35-year-old Peng Shuai said Zhang Gaoli forced him to have sex in his bedroom after playing tennis, seven years after he had already slept with him.

"I was very scared. That afternoon, I initially refused. I kept crying, ”

she writes.

"In the grip of fear and trouble (...) I gave in and we had sex

.

"

She adds that Zhang Gaoli's wife knew about it and

"stood guard outside

.

"

Peng Shuai specifies that she then became the mistress of the ex-leader, until an argument last week. She adds that she has no evidence to support her claims.

"You were always afraid that I would hide a tape recorder"

, she wrote, addressing Zhang Gaoli.

"You will certainly deny it or go so far as to attack me."

AFP was unable to reach Peng Shuai directly.

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Source: lefigaro

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