Chinese Prosecutors Drop Case Against Former Alibaba Employee Accused of Sexual Assault

Chinese Prosecutors Drop Case Against Former Alibaba Employee Accused of Sexual Assault
The logo of Alibaba Group is seen at the company's headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, on July 20, 2018. Aly Song/Reuters
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SHANGHAI—Chinese prosecutors have dropped a case against a former Alibaba Group Holding Ltd employee accused of sexually assaulting a female colleague, saying they had determined he had committed forcible indecency but not a crime.

The employee, identified by his surname Wang, was detained by police last month after a female Alibaba employee posted an 11-page account on Alibaba’s intranet saying a manager and a client sexually assaulted her during a business trip to eastern China’s Jinan city.