Sexual Assault Case Against Former Alibaba Employee Is Dropped

Chinese language prosecutors have dropped a case in opposition to a former Alibaba Group Holding Ltd worker accused of sexually assaulting a feminine colleague, saying they’d decided he had dedicated forcible indecency however not against the law.

The worker, recognized by his surname Wang, was detained by police final month after a feminine Alibaba worker posted an 11-page account on Alibaba’s intranet saying a supervisor and a consumer sexually assaulted her throughout a enterprise journey to japanese China’s Jinan metropolis.

She mentioned superiors and human assets didn’t take her report critically, triggering a fierce public backlash in opposition to the e-commerce large, which later fired Wang and suspended different executives.

Prosecutors have, nonetheless, permitted the arrest of the consumer who has been recognized by his surname Zhang.

Reuters was unable to succeed in Wang or Zhang for remark.

Alibaba mentioned in response to the choice by prosecutors that it has a zero-tolerance coverage for sexual misconduct.

Alibaba dismissed 10 staff for sharing display photographs of the feminine colleague’s account of sexual assault allegations, Bloomberg Information reported final month, citing folks conversant in the matter.

By Emily Chow, Josh Horwitz and Wang Jing; Editors: Brenda Goh and Edwina Gibbs.

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