Chinese prosecutors drop case against former Alibaba employee accused of sexual assault
A person walks previous a brand of Alibaba Group at its workplace constructing in Beijing, China August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
SHANGHAI, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Chinese language prosecutors have dropped a case towards 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 a criminal offense.
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 stated superiors and human sources didn’t take her report significantly, triggering a fierce public backlash towards the e-commerce big, which later fired Wang and suspended different executives.
Prosecutors have, nevertheless, accredited the arrest of the consumer who has been recognized by his surname Zhang.
Reuters was unable to achieve Wang or Zhang for remark.
Alibaba stated in response to the choice by prosecutors that it has a zero-tolerance coverage for sexual misconduct.
Alibaba dismissed 10 workers for sharing display screen pictures of the feminine colleague’s account of sexual assault allegations, Bloomberg Information reported final month, citing folks conversant in the matter.
Reporting by Emily Chow, Josh Horwitz and Wang Jing; Enhancing by Brenda Goh and Edwina Gibbs
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