Australian activist Drew Pavlou arrested in London but denies sending Chinese embassy bomb threat

Pavlou was born in 1999. He said the account was fake, and he had no involvement with it and had never sent any threat.

Pavlou said online he had been arrested by the Metropolitan police, and detained 23 hours without access to a lawyer.

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said it does not confirm or comment on the identity of anyone arrested who has not been charged with a criminal offence.

The Guardian has sought comment from the Chinese embassy in London.

He ran for the Senate in Queensland in the federal election this year, but was not elected.

Human rights groups and several governments have labelled the campaign a genocide or crime against humanity. Beijing denies all allegations of mistreatment and says its policies are to counter-terrorism and religious extremism.