Alibaba working with police amid sexual assault allegations

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China’s largest e-commerce company, Alibaba said Sunday it's working with police to investigate an alleged sexual misconduct at the company, after a female employee reported she was sexually assaulted. Alibaba said in a statement that it has a “zero-tolerance policy against sexual misconduct.” “We have suspended relevant parties suspected of violating our policies and values, and we have established a special internal task force to investigate the issue and support the ongoing police investigation,” the company said. The investigation comes after an unidentified female employee wrote an internal post alleging her manager sexually assaulted her in a hotel room during a business trip to the city of Jinan in the eastern Shandong province, according to local media reports. In an internal post, Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang said Sunday that he was “shocked, furious and ashamed” after learning about the case, according to the state-owned media outlet Global Times Zhang vowed to fully investigate the case and make the findings available to all Alibaba employees.