京东刘强东涉性侵在美遭捕

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     编译、综合报道:一份明尼苏达警方记录显示,一名叫QiangDong Liu的男子(1973年3月10日生人)因涉嫌非法性行为(Criminal Sexual Conduct) 8月31日晚11点被捕,9月1日下午四点保释。从“校友”寻找律师的信息判断,该男子涉嫌性侵一名中国女留学生。

        网络传播此信息,京东发言人否认事件中男子是刘强东。但纽约时报发表英文报道,披露涉事男子就是京东的刘强东。

京东刘强东涉性侵在美遭捕

纽约时报原文:Chinese Billionaire Arrested in Minnesota in Sexual Misconduct Case 

京东刘强东涉性侵在美遭捕

Richard Liu, founder and chief executive of the e-commerce company JD.com, in Beijing in March.CreditCreditChina Network/Reuters

  By Raymond Zhong and Li Yuan

  Sept. 2, 2018

  BEIJING — The billionaire chief executive of one of China’s largest online retailers was arrested Friday in Minnesota on a charge of criminal sexual conduct before being released a day later, according to police records.

  According to the jail roster for the Hennepin County Sheriff’s office, Richard Liu, the founder of JD.com, was taken into custody by the Minneapolis police late Friday and freed Saturday afternoon.

  In a statement posted Sunday afternoon on the Chinese social media platform Weibo, JD.com said that a false accusation had been made against Mr. Liu while he was in the United States on business, and that the local police had found no evidence of misconduct. The company said that Mr. Liu’s trip would continue as planned.

  A company spokeswoman declined to comment further. When asked when Mr. Liu, whose Chinese name is Liu Qiangdong, would return to China, the spokeswoman said she did not have that information.

  JD  is a heavyweight in China’s technology scene, and Mr. Liu is one of its most revered leading lights. The company competes with Alibaba for the attention of China’s increasingly affluent middle class, and says it has more than 300 million customers. It reported disappointing earnings for its most recent quarter.

  Recently, Mr. Liu tried to distance himself from a sexual assault that was alleged to have taken place after a 2015 party at his penthouse in Australia. A guest at the party, Longwei Xu, was convicted of sexual assault. Mr. Xu, a property development professional also known as Tommy, was found guilty of seven charges, including having sex with his accuser without her consent.

  Mr. Liu has not been charged with a crime or accused of any wrongdoing in that case. But he tried to get an Australian court to prevent the release of his name by citing damage to his marriage and business, court documents show. In July, a judge rejected his request for a suppression order.

  Raymond Zhong reported from Beijing, and Li Yuan from Hong Kong.

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