Ex-Alibaba employee warns going public causes victims ‘hurt’


By Zen Soo

Women wearing face masks walk past the offices of Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba in Beijing, on Dec 13, 2021. An employee of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba who was fired after she went public with a sexual assault allegation told a local newspaper that published Dec 11, 2021, that she is not encouraging other victims in China to come forward because doing so ‘will only cause them to suffer more hurt’. — AP

HONG KONG: An employee of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba who was fired after she went public with a sexual assault allegation says she is not encouraging other victims in China to come forward because doing so “will only cause them to suffer more hurt”.

The employee, surnamed Zhou, had gone public in August with accusations that a fellow employee had sexually assaulted her during a business trip. The case prompted a public outcry over the handling of sexual assault cases in China.

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