Drew Pavlou, a 20-year-old Greek-Australian running for the Australian Senate seat from Queensland, said he was verbally abused and physically assaulted by Chinese “ultra-nationalists” on Saturday while demonstrating against the Chinese Communist regime in Sydney with a sign that read “F**k Xi Jinping.”
Pavlou was an outspoken human rights activist — and energetic critic of the Chinese Communist Party — during his tenure as a student at the University of Queensland (UQ). He claimed he was suspended from UQ for criticizing its ties to Beijing. The university said he was suspended for violating its code of conduct.
In December, he announced the formation of a new party, the Drew Pavlou Democratic Alliance (DPDA), and pledged to recruit candidates of Uyghur, Tibetan, and Hong Kong extraction to run alongside him. Pavlou said he wanted his party to field candidates who…
