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   From: sterling@yahoo.com   
      
   Chinese tech giant Alibaba has fired a female employee who accused a   
   supervisor of sexual abuse earlier this year, accusing her of spreading   
   false and damaging information.   
      
   The woman, who was publicly identified as Zhou, was dismissed from the   
   company on Nov. 25, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. She had   
   accused her then-supervisor, Wang Chengwe, of molestation and rape during   
   a business trip.   
      
   Zhou’s dismissal was reportedly the result of her violating internal   
   company policies by spreading false information about a company executive.   
   She also claimed the company was aware of the situation but did nothing,   
   the Journal added.   
      
   Zhou has said she was pressured to drink until she was nearly unconscious   
   and later woke to her then-supervisor kissing and groping her in a hotel   
   room. Alibaba, which fired Wang, said it investigated the matter   
   internally and was also cooperating with police. Other employees were also   
   fired or resigned in connection with the incident, the Journal reported.   
      
   Alibaba said it attempted to work with Zhou to pay legal and counseling   
   fees and negotiate her departure from the company, but Zhou did not accept   
   the terms of those offers. Zhou, however, said she was regularly in   
   communication with employees from the company, including talks about her   
   requesting an extended leave of absence due to depression she experienced   
   following the incident, according to the newspaper.   
      
   Meanwhile, Chinese authorities determined that Wang's actions did not rise   
   to the level of a crime, so Zhou’s case was dropped in September, the   
   Journal added.   
      
   “I hope that one day, people will no longer hurl insults and abuse at   
   victims when this society confronts sexual-assault cases, and that there   
   will be more care and concern,” Zhou said, per the Journal.   
      
   While Zhou’s case was widely discussed on social media, it contrasts the   
   case of Peng Shuai, a Chinese tennis player who disappeared from public   
   view after she said on social media that Zhang Gaoli, a former Chinese   
   vice premier, had allegedly coerced her into sex. Her post about her abuse   
   has since been deleted and discussion of the case has been censored in   
   China.   
      
   The Hill has reached out to Alibaba for comment.   
      
   https://thehill.com/policy/international/585483-alibaba-fires-female-   
   employee-who-accused-supervisor-of-rape   
      
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