Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai is the talk of the town at the moment. Her email regarding allegations of sexual assault to the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is provoking concerns over security.
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The message includes allegations of sexual assault and it states that it "is not true". A part of the message also says that "I'm not missing, nor am I unsafe. I've just been resting at home and everything is fine." NHK World reported the above fact. A Chinese state-run media outlet released this email and claimed that Peng Shuai wrote it.
NHK World reported that in correspondence to this, the WTA chairman and CEO Steve Simon released a statement. According to him the email released by the Chinese state media "only raises my concerns as to her safety and whereabouts."
Simon also added that it is hard for him to believe that Peng actually wrote the email. "The WTA and the rest of the world need independent and verifiable proof that she is safe. Her allegations l of sexual assault must be respected, investigated,m with full transparency and without censorship."
The last time people caught Peng's glimpse in public was before she claimed on social media that the former Chinese Vice Premier, Zhang Gaoli sexually abused her. As stated by NHK World, she also said that they were in an extramarital relationship. Previously, the WTA called for an investigation into all these allegations. The email has already started triggering everyone on social media and doubting its credibility.