Popular blogger Wendy Cheng, more famously known as Xiaxue, blamed her past sexual assault for her racially offensive tweets.
In a lengthy blog post today, the 36-year-old online personality said the police told her to remove her post of her old messages after receiving a number of complaints.
Xiaaxue wrote: “By now, some of you may have seen that some idiots went to dig up 10 year old tweets of mine and reported them to the police. And yes it’s true, the police came to my house yesterday and took my statement,“
She added: “I’m fine, the police were pretty nice and just asked why I wrote what I wrote etc. It is important to note that once a police report is filed, the police are are obligated to make an investigation. This by no means shows I will be charged,” she added. “By instruction of the police, I was told to remove the offending articles but they have more or less gone viral now, so really, there is no point in the deleting.“
Xiaxue also added in today’s post, that she could not remember which group she was referring to in the tweet, so she just referes to them as “Group B”, adding that she was sexually abused by them when she was younger, alleging that she was groped, sat on and had men expose themselves to her.
Cheng also wrote: “When I was a child and teenager, I was often sexually assaulted by members of this group. They would touch my boobs or butt on public transport (particularly buses), they grabbed my hands, one of them literally sat on my lap on the bus. All while I was in my school uniform, as a minor. I’ve encountered flashers in lifts, public masturbation more times than I can count, you name it,”
“These tweets are but a very small slice of a much larger story. Not finding an excuse for my behavior. It is what it is. If you are still offended, I don’t give a f***,”
She added: “I was speaking from trauma, and it may not be polite, but it’s real. My tweets were emotionally charged, but haven’t you posted rude s*** before when you were angry? Once again, if you never experienced what I did, you have no right to tell me how to feel,”
An online petition “Punish Xiaxue for seditious content” has garnered more than 10,000 signatures.
You can read her post in full here.