Liu Qiangdong, the founder of JD.com.
(Reported by Sing Tao Daily) Liu Qiangdong, the founder of mainland e-commerce giant JD.com, has been accused of sexual assault in the United States.A screenshot was circulated on the Internet yesterday, which is the charge record of the Minnesota State Police. A man named Qiang Dong Liu was arrested on the night of August 31 and released the next afternoon, pending formal prosecution. The suspect’s date of birth is the same as Liu’s.It is reported that Liu Qiangdong participated in an event at the University of Minnesota last week, and it was rumored that the victim was a Chinese female student at the school.JD.com issued a statement saying that Liu encountered false accusations during his business activities in the United States. After investigation by the police, there was no wrongdoing and the trip will continue.
After the news of Liu Qiangdong's involvement in sexual assault came out, it shocked people at home and abroad, and even the New York Times reported it immediately.JD.com is the second largest e-commerce company in China, after Alibaba.Forty-five-year-old Liu Qiangdong is the founder and CEO of JD.com, with a net worth of tens of billions of yuan. He is a young business leader in China.
Yesterday, a record on the website of the sheriff's office in Hennepin County, Minnesota, was circulated on the Internet that Qiang Dong Liu was arrested at 11:32 p.m. local time on August 31st.The man's date of birth was March 10, 1973, which was the same as Liu Qiangdong's date of birth disclosed on the website of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce.The man was released at 4:05 p.m. on September 1, and the current status is "released pending complaint".
The website records show that the man was charged with "criminal sexual conduct" (criminal sexual conduct), and there was "probable cause" (Probable cause) to prove that the man committed the crime and was arrested.According to U.S. law, "reasonable grounds" for sexual crimes require the police to have objective evidence that criminal activities may have occurred, and mere premonitions or groundless complaints cannot constitute "reasonable grounds."
Screenshots of the conversation on WeChat leaked out, and the victim was a Chinese girl from the University of Minnesota.The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, which recorded the information of the arrested man Qiang Dong Liu, is close to Mingda University. The two places are only six minutes by car and 46 minutes by foot.A post on Weibo showed that Liu Qiangdong attended a course at Ming University’s Carlson School of Business last week for a week.The "Master Yideng" who participated in the course refers to a group of Chinese business people who visited three Fortune 500 companies and posted a group photo during the course, including Liu Qiangdong.
The New York Times report also mentioned that JD.com CEO Liu Qiangdong was arrested in Minnesota last Friday on suspicion of sex crimes and then released.Regarding the above-mentioned rumors, yesterday afternoon, JD.com’s spokesperson responded that he noticed that some users on Weibo were spreading false rumors about Liu Qiangdong.Hereby declare as follows: "Mr. Liu Qiangdong encountered false accusations during his business activities in the United States. After investigation by the local police, no inappropriate behavior was found. He will continue his trip as originally planned. We will take action against false reports or rumors.Take necessary legal action."
When asked about Liu Qiangdong's trip to the United States and when he will return to China, BOE said to The Paper that it has no information on this for the time being.
Police spokesman John Elder of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who is in charge of investigating the case, told Netease Finance that the case is under investigation, and he was not aware of the party’s claim that “after investigation by the local police, no wrongdoing was found.”
"What I can tell is that we arrested a person named Liu Qiangdong, and obtained information including his birth information. Except for the information he gave us, we don't know his other identities, and whether it is the Chinese you mentioned.Entrepreneur. I can’t say anything else about the case as it’s under investigation,” John Elder said.
