Anti-Modi activist Drew Pavlou alleges harassment by London police at China’s behest

Drew Pavlou, an Australian ‘human rights activist’, has now accused the London Metropolitan Police of working in cahoots with the Communist Party of China (CPC) and focusing on him.

The 23-year-old hails from Brisbane and was a scholar on the University of Queensland. On Sunday (October 30), he levelled severe allegations in regards to the integrity of the London Met Police.

“Message from my British lawyers showing London Met Police are “waiting on evidence from Beijing” earlier than ready to cost me,” he tweeted whereas sharing the screenshot of a Whatsapp dialog.

For context, London Met Police threatened to challenge an arrest warrant in my title if I didn’t fly from Australia to London on October 18 to personally attend bail at Hammersmith Police Station. They waited till I landed in London on October 17 to indefinitely postpone this date

— Drew Pavlou (@DrewPavlou) October 29, 2022

“The Met Police should explain to the House of Commons that they are allowing the Chinese government to essentially prosecute opponents in the UK,” he additional added.

In one other tweet, Drew Pavlou alleged that the police had threatened to challenge an arrest warrant and directed him to return to London from Australia by October 18 this yr. After he complied, the London Met Police indefinitely postponed his bail listening to.

“For context, London Met Police threatened to issue an arrest warrant in my name if I didn’t fly from Australia to London on October 18 to personally attend bail at Hammersmith Police Station. They waited until I landed in London on October 17 to indefinitely postpone this date,” he claimed.

The Background of the controversy

Drew Pavlou is a vocal critic of the Communist Party of China (CCP). In 2020, the Australian activist led a marketing campaign to maneuver the 2022 Winter Olympic Games from Beijing to elsewhere, citing the persecution of Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Taiwanese folks.

“Don’t let Beijing 2022 become Berlin 1936. #MoveTheGames,” he tweeted in October 2020. Recently, he disrupted a speech by China’s Ambassador to Australia and raised consciousness in regards to the lacking Chinese tennis participant Peng Shuai.

Don’t let Beijing 2022 turn into Berlin 1936. #TransferTheGames pic.twitter.com/PVMW686GEg

— Drew Pavlou (@DrewPavlou) October 24, 2020

On July 21 this yr, he held a protest exterior the Chinese Embassy in London for the oppression of Tibet, Taiwan, and Uyghur Muslims by the Communist Party of China (CPC).

He was arrested by the London Metropolitan police, not for trespassing on diplomatic premises as he anticipated, however for allegedly threatening to explode the embassy.

Reportedly, the Chinese Embassy apprised the police of a mail acquired from an electronic mail ID ‘[email protected]’, threatening a bomb assault. Although Drew Pavlou has denied involvement within the matter, he alleged therapy at par with a ‘terror suspect.’

The Met Police are an entire embarrassment to the free world and each Met Police officer concerned in my farce of a case ought to cling their heads in disgrace for enabling a international dictatorship to harass and abuse its opponents and critics via the British authorized system

— Drew Pavlou (@DrewPavlou) October 29, 2022

While talking to Sky News, he said, “(The Chinese govt) created a fake Drew Pavlou ProtonMail … including bomb threats in this email, they’ve sent it to the Chinese embassy…They ended up holding me incommunicado past midnight, so I was held for a total of 24 hours.”

“For a substantial amount of that time I was incommunicado, so I was held in secret. I was treated as a terror suspect, I was held in secret, I wasn’t allowed to talk to a lawyer, I wasn’t allowed to talk to anyone on the outside, I wasn’t allowed to talk to the Australian High Commission,” Drew Pavlou added.

Drew Pavlou and his anti-Modi historical past

As early as 2019, the Australian activist had been on the forefront of main disinformation campaigns about India. Under the pretext of protesting in opposition to the humanitarian Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), he made the false declare that Muslims are being killed on the streets by the Modi regime.

The archived model of the tweet might be accessed right here.

Modi’s thugs are killing Muslims within the streets. Brisbane rally in opposition to the fascist BJP at this time #CAAProtest pic.twitter.com/7EB10FhwqV

— Drew Pavlou (@DrewPavlou) December 22, 2019

In one other tweet, Drew Pavlou was seen endorsing the ‘out of context’ tweet by pretend information peddler CJ Werleman. He had sought the deportation of BJP MP Tejasvi Surya from Australia for talking out in opposition to the historic atrocities dedicated by Islamic invaders in India.

“Whether CCP or BJP I will always oppose fascism. Kick Tejasvi Surya out of the country, deport him,” he mentioned in a tweet this yr. The archived model of the tweet might be accessed right here.

Whether CCP or BJP I’ll all the time oppose fascism. Kick Tejasvi Surya overseas, deport him https://t.co/XaEmxCoHol

— Drew Pavlou (@DrewPavlou) June 4, 2022

Despite attempting to internationally defame the Indian authorities, it’s not PM Modi or BJP that’s hounding the 23-year-old. As per his personal testimony, his focused harassment is the handiwork of the CPC, aided by the London Metropolitan Police.