Alibaba to Permanently Fire Male Employee Suspected of Sexual Assault

(Source: WWD) 

In the early morning of August 9, Alibaba’s CEO Daniel Zhang told employees in a memo that a male employee recently accused of rape in what has become a high-profile national case is to be fired.

Li Yonghe, President of the firm’s intra-city retail business group, and HRG Xu Kun both resigned, while Chief Human Resources Officer Judy Tong h…