The employee, a woman identified only by her last name Zhou, alleged in a lengthy account posted online this week that there were inconsistencies in a police statement about the case that she says led to online victim blaming against her. That came a week after a second man in the case was sentenced to 18 months in prison for sexual assault.
Alibaba has fired both Zhou and the manager, who has been identified in police statements only by his last name, Wang. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Zhou’s online post said Wang had asked another Alibaba employee who was his deputy to talk with her after she reported him to the police. The employee offered her 600,000 yuan to settle the matter privately, the post said.
Zhou and her lawyers asked police to review the case last year and charge Wang with rape but have yet to get a response. “He voluntarily cancelled his taxi on the app, carried my stolen ID card, went back to the hotel and added himself to my room, sexually violated me,” she told the AP, elaborating on her post. “All these things show that not only did he intentionally try to rape, but also he committed a criminal act.”
While many online commentators have supported Zhou and applauded her courage in speaking up, others used the wives’ denials to label Zhou as sexually promiscuous.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)