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		</div><p>The European Union wants China to release “verifiable proof” that tennis player Peng Shuai is safe and to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into her sexual assault allegations.</p>
<p>Peng, a three-time Olympian and former top-ranked doubles player, dropped out of public view after accusing a former Communist Party official of sexual assault.</p>
<p>She has only had a few direct contacts with officials outside China since she disappeared from public view earlier this month.</p>
<p>Peng told Olympic officials in a November 21 video call from Beijing that she was safe and well.</p>
<p>However, an EU spokesperson said: “Her recent public reappearance does not ease concerns about her safety and freedom.”</p>
<p>Peng made the sexual assault allegation online against a former member of the Communist Party’s ruling Standing Committee, Zhang Gaoli.</p>
<p>The tennis player’s post was removed within minutes, and she subsequently stopped appearing in public.</p>
<p>“The EU joins growing international demands, including by sport professionals, for assurances that she is free and not under threat,” the EU said in a statement.</p>
<p>“In this spirit, the EU requests the Chinese government to provide verifiable proof of Peng Shuai’s safety, well-being and whereabouts.</p>
<p>“The EU urges the Chinese authorities to conduct a full, fair and transparent investigation into her allegations of sexual assault.”</p>
<p>Peng adds to a growing number of Chinese businesspeople, activists and ordinary people who have disappeared from public view in recent years after criticising party figures, or vanished amid crackdowns on corruption or pro-democracy and labour rights campaigns.</p>
<p>“The EU strongly opposes the use of the practice of enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention … and calls upon China to comply with its human rights obligations under national and international law,” the EU said.</p>
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