Wimbledon 2022: Peng Shuai supporters show up to grounds, activist says he was questioned, searched

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Four activists wearing shirts in support of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai were searched and questioned while on the grounds at the Wimbledon Championships on Monday.

Jason Leith of the Free Tibet organization said he and three colleagues wore the "Where is Peng Shuai?" shirts as they entered the All England Club. He said they did not have the shirts on when they walked in. After taking pictures with a few people, Leith said they were stopped by security a short time later.

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From left Protesters Will Hoyles, 39, Caleb Compton, 27, and Jason Leith, 34, who all work for Free Tibet pose for the media in T-shirts reading "Where is Peng Shuai", at the Wimbledon Tennis tournament in London, Monday, July 4, 2022. (Rebecca Speare-Cole/PA via AP)

"We didn't have these on when we came in because we worried about not being let in. So we put them on, and we were just walking around, and a few people wanted selfies with us, so we were taking pictures with people," Leith said.

"(They) started asking, ‘Are you planning to do any direct protesting? Are you planning on disrupting things?’ And then they asked, ‘Oh, do you mind coming over here so we can search your bags?’

"So then they started going through our bags. I guess they were looking for flags. They were looking for anything that might be used in any other form of protest."

Four activists wearing "Where is Peng Shuai?" T-shirts were stopped by security at Wimbledon on Monday and had their bags searched. (Rebecca Speare-Cole/PA via AP)

Leith said they were allowed to stay on the grounds as long as they did not approach anyone to talk about Peng.

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