Chinese tech giant Alibaba said on Sunday that it was cooperating with a police investigation into sexual assault allegations aired by a company employee. france24.com/en/live-news/2…
A statement by Alibaba said the company also had suspended "relevant parties suspected of violating our policies and values," asserting that it had a "zero-tolerance policy against sexual misconduct."
An unidentified female employee made the allegations in a lengthy internal posting quoted by Chinese media, which AFP is unable to verify.
She accused her manager and a client of sexual assault during a work trip to the city of Jinan in Shandong province, according to media reports.
A hashtag for the allegation was among the top-viewed items on Chinese social media platform Weibo on Sunday.
A hashtag for the allegation was among the top-viewed items on Chinese social media platform Weibo on Sunday.
Sexual misconduct has garnered increasing attention in China especially since the country's own #MeToo movement was sparked by Chinese feminists in 2018.
n one of the biggest cases so far, Beijing police earlier this month said Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu had been detained on suspicion of rape.
Wu had been accused by a 19-year-old student of date-raping her when she was 17, drawing widespread condemnation of the singer on Chinese social media and leading to several luxury brands dropping deals with him.
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