中国互联网和电子商务集团京东的创始人兼首席执行官刘强东在美国明尼苏达州遭受性侵犯投诉后被捕。
这位45岁的中国企业家是英文名‘理查德’，京东是中国最大的电子商务平台之一，仅次于阿里巴巴的淘宝网。 其于2014年在纽约上市，目前拥有460亿美元的市值。
根据胡润百富报告，刘强东是中国最富有的商人之一，估计个人财富为700亿元人民币（合100亿美元）。
一份监狱名单显示他在被当地警察逮捕后于周六从亨内平县监狱获释。
据知情人士透露，该案涉及刘先生和明尼苏达大学的一名中国学生，整起案件是刘强东在美国出差期间发生的。
这也意味着刘强东第二次与性侵犯案有关。“纽约时报”7月份报道说，刘强东被指定为澳大利亚政党的主持人，据称发生了性侵犯案件。但是在这种情况下，他没有被指控有任何不当行为。
京东官方证实，刘强东最近被明尼苏达州警方拘留。并在一份声明中称："在美国出差期间，刘强东先生在明尼苏达州被警方质疑与未经证实的指控有关。当地警方迅速确定对刘先生的指控不符实，随后刘强东先生按原计划恢复了他的商业活动。
公司发言人补充道：”社交媒体上关于刘先生的谣言都是不真实的。警方已经进行了调查，没有发现任何反对刘先生的事。他现在正以充分的自由继续他的商务访问。”
然而，明尼阿波利斯警察局公共信息官约翰·埃尔德说：“调查仍在进行中。”
埃尔德先生说，如果警方继续关押刘先生，当地的规定将要求该部门在周二中午之前提出申诉。“他在正式投诉之前被释放，而且通常在没有保释的情况下完成。”
Liu Qiangdong, the founder and chief executive of Chinese internet and ecommerce group JD.com, has been arrested after a complaint of sexual assault in the US state of Minnesota.
The 45-year-old Chinese entrepreneur, who goes by the English name Richard, is behind one of China’s largest ecommerce platforms, second only to Alibaba’s Taobao. JD.com went public in New York in 2014 and today has a $46bn market capitalisation.
Mr Liu is one of the country’s richest businessmen, with an estimated Rmb70bn ($10bn) in personal wealth, according to the Hurun Report.
A jail roster showed he was released from the Hennepin County jail on Saturday after being arrested by local police.
The case involved Mr Liu and a Chinese student at the University of Minnesota and allegedly occurred during a business trip to the US, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
This marks the second time the billionaire has been connected to a sexual assault case. The New York Times reported in July that Mr Liu was named as the host of a party in Australia at which an alleged sexual assault case took place. He was not accused of any wrongdoing in that situation.
JD.com confirmed that the company leader had recently been detained by Minnesota police. It said in a statement: “During a business trip to the United States, Mr Liu was questioned by police in Minnesota in relation to an unsubstantiatedaccusation. The local police quickly determined there was no substance to the claim against Mr Liu, and he was subsequently able to resume his business activities as originally planned.”
A company spokesperson added: “Rumours on social media about Mr Liu are all untrue. The police have done their investigation and found nothing against Mr Liu. He is now to continue his business visit with full freedom.”
However, John Elder, public information officer for the Minneapolis Police Department said: “The investigation is ongoing.”
He added: “The statute of limitations is our only deadline at this point.”
Mr Elder said that had the police continued to hold Mr Liu, local rules would have required the department to file a complaint by Tuesday midday. “He was released pending formal complaint and that is most often done without bail needing to be set,” he said.
In an interview with the Financial Times last year, Mr Liu voiced his ambition for JD.com to become the largest B2C (business to consumer) platform in China in five years. “We will surpass any competitor,” he said.
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