Allegations of sexual assault by an employee of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., abbreviated as: Alibaba) against his supervisor have been widely spread online, sparking public criticism and provoking questions about sexual harassment in the Chinese workplace , Which prompted Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang to step in.
According to Alibaba employees contacted by The Wall Street Journal, last Saturday night Beijing time, an 11-page accusation by a female employee circulated on Alibaba’s intranet and became a hot topic among employees. Screenshots of internal discussions later appeared on major Internet platforms in China and were circulated wildly.
According to the woman’s account, the alleged perpetrator was a manager named Wang Chengwen who was her immediate supervisor when the assault occurred at the end of July. The woman wrote that Wang Chengwen took her on a business trip to contact the client and forced her to drink at the wine bureau with the client. The woman said that she woke up naked in the hotel room the next morning and vaguely remembered some clips from the night before. She said that she had been crying and that Wang Chengwen had been kissing her on her body.
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