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Chinese language e-commerce big Alibaba stated on Sunday that it was cooperating with a police investigation into sexual assault allegations aired by an organization worker.
An announcement by Alibaba stated the corporate additionally had suspended “related events suspected of violating our insurance policies and values,” asserting that it had a “zero-tolerance coverage towards sexual misconduct.”
An unidentified feminine worker made the allegations in a prolonged inner posting quoted by Chinese language media, which AFP is unable to confirm.
She accused her supervisor and a consumer of sexual assault throughout a piece journey to the town of Jinan in Shandong province, in response to media experiences.
A hashtag for the allegation was among the many top-viewed objects on Chinese language social media platform Weibo on Sunday.
Sexual misconduct has garnered rising consideration in China particularly for the reason that nation’s personal #MeToo motion was sparked by Chinese language feminists in 2018.
In one of many greatest circumstances thus far, Beijing police earlier this month stated Chinese language-Canadian pop star Kris Wu had been detained on suspicion of rape.
Wu had been accused by a 19-year-old pupil of date-raping her when she was 17, drawing widespread condemnation of the singer on Chinese language social media and resulting in a number of luxurious manufacturers dropping offers with him.
Alibaba had already been beneath scrutiny from the federal government, which has launched a broad marketing campaign to rein within the rising clout of the nation’s tech giants.
Regulators in April hit Alibaba with a document $2.78 billion superb over practices deemed to be an abuse of its dominant market place.
State media on Sunday quoted an inner memo reportedly posted by Alibaba chief govt officer Daniel Zhang, saying he was “shocked, livid, and ashamed” in regards to the misconduct case.
Jinan police stated they have been investigating an alleged rape case involving a feminine Alibaba worker, in response to a press release issued on Weibo that gave no different particulars.
