After Liu Qiangdong (third from right) returned to China, he appeared on the 4th of this month to participate in a signing event, but he has not participated in any public activities since then.(Internet)

According to the Star Tribune, the largest newspaper in Minnesota, the Minneapolis police in the United States said that the preliminary investigation against Liu Qiangdong, chairman and CEO of JD.com Group, has been completed and has now been transferred to prosecutors.But the announcement does not mean that Liu Qiangdong is about to be charged.

Liu Qiangdong was arrested in Minnesota on suspicion of sexual assault on the 31st of last month, was released the next day, and then returned to China. Absent from the World Artificial Intelligence Conference forum earlier

Liu Qiangdong, chairman and CEO of JD Group, was absent from the 2018 World Artificial Intelligence Conference that opened in Shanghai this morning.

The 2018 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, a gathering of big names, opened this morning at the West Bund Art Center on the banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai. The heads of BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent), Robin Li, Ma Yun, and Ma Huateng, as well as senior executives of major Chinese technology and innovation companiesAll present.

However, Liu Qiangdong was not seen at the conference.According to the schedule sent to the media by the organizer of the conference last week, Liu Qiangdong originally planned to appear in the summit forum after the opening ceremony of the conference with Ma Yun, Ma Huateng, Li Yanhong and others.

Liu Qiangdong was arrested in the United States on August 31 on suspicion of sexual assault, but was released the next day.He made an appearance at a JD.com signing event after returning to China.

The 2018 World Artificial Intelligence Conference will be held from Monday to Wednesday this week.Organized by China's National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the forum aims to showcase China's growing strength in artificial intelligence. The U.S. police said Liu Qiangdong's suspected sexual assault case has not yet been closed

Minnesota police and prosecutors said on Friday (7th) local time that the sexual assault case involving the founder and CEO of JD.com Liu Qiangdong in Minnesota is still under investigation and the case has not yet been closed.

Lazarski, a spokesman for the Hennepin County Prosecutor's Office in Minnesota, told China Business News that there were rumors that the case would be closed on the 7th, which was false.

Liu Qiangdong's defense lawyer in the United States, Friedberg, said in an interview with the media a few days ago that he believes that the case will be closed on the 7th. I dare to use my lawyer's license to guarantee that he will not be charged.