Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said on Sunday that it was cooperating with a police investigation into sexual assault allegations aired by a company employee. A statement by Alibaba said the company also had suspended "relevant parties suspected of violating our policies and values," asserting that it had a "zero-tolerance policy against sexual misconduct." An unidentified female employee made the allegations in a lengthy internal posting quoted by Chinese media, which AFP is unable to verify. A hashtag for the allegation was among the top-viewed items on Chinese social media platform Weibo on Sunday. Sexual misconduct has garnered increasing attention in China especially since the country's own #MeToo movement was sparked by Chinese feminists in 2018.
