1/1 The victimized girl (first from the right) sat next to Liu Qiangdong at the banquet.
(Reported by Sing Tao Daily) Liu Qiangdong, chairman and chief executive officer of JD.com, a well-known mainland e-commerce platform, has been involved in a sexual assault case in the United States and a new case has emerged.The Chinese female student who reported being sexually assaulted by Liu Qiangdong in the case stated that she was tricked into going to a banquet held by Liu Qiangdong and others, and that she was invited by Yao Qiyong, chairman of Shenzhen Hongzhao Enterprise Group.However, Yao Qiyong has not received any charges so far. Bloomberg quoted the victim’s statement to the police and her lawyer as saying that on the day of the incident, she was invited to a sushi restaurant for dinner. At that time, there were more than a dozen Chinese corporate executives who were studying in the University of Minnesota’s doctoral program in management.Since the hostess was a volunteer for the course, she thought the dinner was to thank the volunteers. It was a Chinese businessman named Yao Qiyong who invited the victim girl to the scene.After the dinner party started, Yao Qiyong arranged for her to sit next to Liu Qiangdong; the boys who came with her were arranged to eat at another table with the assistants of these executives. Liu Qiangdong and others kept "toasting" her, and she felt that she was being forced to drink.She then drove away with Liu Qiangdong and was raped in her apartment. According to the investigation, Yao Qiyong is the chairman of Shenzhen Hongzhao Enterprise Group. He met the female victim before and agreed to introduce her to work.The reporter contacted Yao by e-mail but received no reply. The staff of Hongzhao Group's Shenzhen headquarters said that Yao was on a business trip.
