'I screamed it because I wanted people to hear it.' 9News
An Australian activist who shouted "Where is Peng Shuai?" and held up a sign with the same message was removed from Centre Court during the Wimbledon men's final.
"And I just said, 'Where is Peng Shuai? This Chinese tennis star is being persecuted by the Chinese government. Why won't Wimbledon say something?'" Pavlou said he smuggled the sign onto the grounds of the All England Club by folding it up and hiding it in his shoe. He also had a T-shirt with the message tucked into the waistline of his jeans.
Pavlou said security wrestled him to the ground and then four of them restrained him with his arms behind his back and brought him to a public area outside Centre Court. He said he was then told to leave the grounds.
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