On 31 August, 2018, JD.com chairman Liu Qiangdong has been arrested in Minnesota for alleged sexual misconduct and released 1 day later.
2018年8月31日，京东董事长刘强东因涉嫌性行为不端在明尼苏达州被捕，1天后获释。
In a statement on Chinese social media site Weibo, JD.com claimed its chairman had been falsely accused, stating, “After [an] investigation by the local police, no misconduct was found and he will continue his journey as planned. We will take the necessary legal action against false reporting or rumours”. According to the New York Times, police have said the investigation is being treated as active.
京东在中国社交媒体网站微博上发表声明称，其董事长受到不实指控，并表示，“经当地警方调查，未发现任何不当行为，他将按计划继续行程。我们将对虚假报道或谣言采取必要的法律行动”。据《纽约时报》报道，警方表示调查正在进行中。
JD.com is said to have encountered a rise in bad publicity of late, with this arrest coming in as its latest. “China’s most powerful technology companies are still tightly controlled by their founders, so the fortunes of businesses worth tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars are closely intertwined with the fates of a small number of executives”, writes Raymond Zhong and Li Yuan for the New York Times.
据称，京东最近遇到了越来越多的负面报道，这次逮捕就是最新的一起。 “中国最强大的科技公司仍然受到其创始人的严格控制，因此价值数百甚至数千亿美元的企业的命运与少数高管的命运紧密相连”，雷蒙德·钟和李源为《纽约时报》撰文。
The Minneapolis Police Department have said Mr. Liu was released “pending formal complaint”. The station did not feel it necessary to hold Liu at the station while conducting the investigation.
明尼阿波利斯警察局表示，刘先生已被释放，“等待正式投诉”。派出所认为没有必要将刘留在派出所进行调查。
This is not the first time Liu has been accused of sexual misconduct. Not long ago accused by a guest at a party in his penthouse in Australia of having sex with the accuser without her consent. While he was not charged in this case, an Australian judge denied his request for a suppression order.
这并不是刘第一次被指控性行为不端。不久前，一名客人在澳大利亚其顶层公寓的一次聚会上指控，未经原告同意与她发生性关系。虽然他没有在此案中受到指控，但一名澳大利亚法官拒绝了他的禁止令请求。
