2024-08-07 09:24:36
A woman suspected of having published hateful comments about the final of the women’s table tennis tournament at the Paris Games has been arrested by Beijing police, the latter said. The final, 100% Chinese, pitted Sun Yingsha, 23 years old and loved by an army of Internet users in China, against Chen Meng, 30 years old, the former Olympic champion in Tokyo and the new title holder. his colleague’s son.
Very experienced in China, especially for her looks, her youth and obvious humility, Sun Yingsha benefited from incredible support in the stands during the final. The Chinese loudly cheered each of the points taken, while those of Chen Meng were greeted with coldness or hatred. Online, Internet users have sent numerous and even insulting comments to Chen Meng.
More than 300 accounts disabled
The arrested suspect, who is 29 years old, “fakely made a false statement and made it clear to others,” police in Beijing’s Daxing district said in a message published Tuesday evening on the Weibo social network. The press release did not specify the precise nature of the alleged facts, specifically who the incriminating information targets. The investigation is ongoing, police said.
Faced with hateful content, Weibo said on Sunday it had deleted more than 12,000 comments and deactivated more than 300 accounts. In a statement, the social network invites users to chat online “on purpose”.
Messages posted by Weibo users showed a photo of a spectator at the weekend in Paris, presented as a Chinese woman giving the finger to Chen Meng. Many other users, however, criticized the viewers’ behavior during the finale and offered their support to Chen Meng.
“Anyone who didn’t know (that the match was between two Chinese women) would have thought that Yingsha was playing against a foreign opponent,” said one Weibo user.
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