Chinese giant Alibaba investigates case of sexual abuse reported by employee

The Alibaba conglomerate issued a statement in which he claims to have suspended some employees after the complaint of a worker who claimed to have suffered alleged sexual abuse during a business trip last month with the company.

As the woman explained in an 11-page document shared on Chinese social media, her boss forced her to go on a business trip to meet a client in Jinan City., in the eastern province of Shandong.

On the night of July 27, the woman claims that the client kissed her and that after consuming alcohol, she woke up naked the next day in a hotel room without being able to remember what was happening. ‘had passed the day before.

According to the woman, hotel security cameras filmed her supervisor entering her room on four occasions that night.

On August 2, after returning to Alibaba’s headquarters city, Hangzhou, the employee reportedly informed the human resources department and her superiors and requested the dismissal of her boss and leave.

Although, According to the woman’s testimony, the company first agreed and then broke with what had been agreed.

It’s a statement, Alibaba recalled that it has “a zero tolerance policy against sex crimes and that its priority is to ensure a safe workspace for its employees.”

Jinan Police, the city where the alleged abuse took place, announced that he is already investigating the case and gathering evidence and will report on the results of his investigations.

In your statement, Alibaba said it has already suspended people who “violated the values ​​and policies” of the company.

This Sunday, Chinese state media quoted an internal memo, allegedly published by its CEO, Daniel Zhang, in which he claimed he was “Shocked, furious and embarrassed” by the case.

The news comes at a time when sex crimes are a hot topic in China after police arrested Chinese-Canadian singer and actor Kris Wu, popular in China, in early August for alleged rape and cheating on women, some underage, for have sex with them. .

Wu was accused by a 19-year-old college student of rape at the age of 17, sparking outrage on social media and leading several luxury brands to break contracts with the artist.

Both Wu’s case and that of the Alibaba employee have been extremely popular on Weibo, Twitter’s equivalent social network in China, with the latter ranking among the hottest topics, in part thanks to the support of some internet users in China. ‘# Me too’ movement.

(with information from EFE and AFP)

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