Roehl Niño Bautista · · 1 min readEx-Alibaba exec sues alleged rape victim for ‘reputation infringement’
A female Alibaba staff who recently reported that she was sexually assaulted while on the job has been sued on grounds of “reputation infringement,” reported Pandaily, citing a report by Chinese publication The Paper.
Known only by her surname Zhou, the employee now faces a case filed by her former supervisor Li Yonghe, who led Alibaba’s hyperlocal retail business group. This comes after Wang Chengwen – Zhou’s manager and the man she had accused of sexual assault – was dismissed from the company in August after an internal probe of the incident.
Li was among the Alibaba executives who were criticized for their slow and improper response to the case. He eventually resigned from his post, along with Xu Kan, a human resources generalist.
Alibaba had also dismissed 10 employees for allegedly leaking Zhou’s story to the public.
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A month after Alibaba had fired Wang, however, a police investigation concluded that Zhou’s case didn’t merit any charges.
The Yuhang District People’s Court of Hangzhou has accepted the reputation dispute lawsuit. Li is asking Zhou to publish an apology letter for 15 consecutive days on the homepage of a national website. Zhou said that her lawyer has filed a reply and is seeking to suspend the trial.
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Editing by Collin Furtado and Lorenzo Kyle Subido
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