the international olympic committee says it has spoken for a second time with chinese tennis star pung shuai amid continuing concerns for her welfare. pung disappeared from public view for three weeks last month after making an allegation of sexual assault against a top chinese state official. before yesterday s ioc video call, the women s tennis association said that it would cancelling all it s tournament s in china until there was real proof of her safety. the ioc has been criticized for its involvement with human rights groups accusing them of collaborating with chinese authorities the ioc released this statement this morning we share the same concern as many other people and organisations about the well being and safety of peng shuai. this is why, just yesterday, an ioc team held another video call with her. we have offered her wide ranging support, will stay in regular touch with her, and have already agreed on a personal meeting injanuary. the first ashes test is less that a
concern is mounting over the safety of chinese tennis star pung shuai, who made sexual assault allegations against a former chinese vice premier two weeks ago. the women s tennis association says no amount of money would stop it pulling events out of china, while the united nations and the white house have joined the list of those demanding answers. tanya dendrinos reports. a force on court who has long done her country proud. now there are serious concerns for her safety. it s been more than two weeks since peng shuai said she was forced into a sexual relationship with china s former vice premier, zhang gaoli. the former world number one doubles player made one doubles player made the allegations in a post on chinese social media site, weibo. the post was soon deleted from china s internet. there s been no tangible evidence of her whereabouts since. we re deeply concerned by reports