Sexual misconduct case: JD.com's Richard Liu held in US, released next day

JD.com in a statement on Sunday said Richard Liu was falsely accused on a charge of criminal sexual conduct and he has resumed his business activities as planned after the release

The billionaire chief executive of one of China’s largest online retailers was arrested on Friday in Minnesota on a charge of criminal sexual conduct before being released a day later, according to police records.

According to the jail roster for the Hennepin County Sheriff’s office, Richard Liu, the founder of JD.com, was taken into custody by the Minneapolis police late Friday and freed Saturday afternoon.

In a statement posted Sunday afternoon on the Chinese social media platform Weibo, JD.com said that a false accusation had been made against Liu while he was in the US on business, and that the local police