The Australian government has confirmed it is providing consular assistance to human rights activist Drew Pavlou after he was arrested in the UK on July 21 for allegedly issuing a fake bomb threat to the Chinese Embassy in London.
The 23-year-old has been a vocal critic of the Chinese Communist Party in Australia after facing expulsion from his university for organising a peaceful demonstration on campus grounds calling for the removal of its Confucius Institute.
The Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed to The Epoch Times in an email it was assisting Pavlou.
“The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular assistance to Drew Pavlou, an Australian who was arrested and subsequently released in the United Kingdom,” a spokesperson said, noting that due to privacy concerns they could not provide further details….