The billionaire founder and chief executive of Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com, Richard Liu, has been arrested in Minnesota, US on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct.

billionaire: 亿万富翁

chief executive officer (CEO): 首席执行官

suspicion: 嫌疑；怀疑；疑心

conduct: 行为；导电；带领；管理；引导；表现

Liu was arrested shortly before midnight local time Friday and released just after 4pm yesterday, according to the website of the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office. It showed Liu was "released pending complaint".

release: 释放

sheriff: 警长

released pending complaint: 取保等待正式投诉

Minneapolis Police Department spokesman John Elder said that an investigation was ongoing and declined to provide details of the arrest.

investigation: 调查；调查研究

ongoing: 不间断的；进行的

decline: 谢绝；婉拒

"We don't know if there will be charges or not because we haven't concluded an investigation," he told Reuters today.

conclude: 决定；作结论；结束

JD.com, backed by Walmart, Alphabet's Google, and China's Tencent Holdings, said in a statement today that Liu, whose Chinese name is Liu Qiangdong, was falsely accused.

accuse: 指控；控告

"During a business trip to the United States, Mr Liu was questioned by police in Minnesota in relation to an unsubstantiated accusation," the company said.

unsustantiated: 未经证实的；无事实根据的

accusation: 指控；控告

"The local police quickly determined there was no substance to the claim against Mr Liu, and he was subsequently able to resume his business activities as originally planned.”

substance: 实质

claim: 声称

subsequently: 随后；后来；其后

resume: 继续，重新开始；恢复；摘要；简历

The company did not immediately provide further details, and Liu could not immediately be reached by Reuters.

JD.com is one of China's tech heavyweights, competing with larger rival Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Liu, 45, is well known in China and has a net worth of US$7.9 billion (A$11.0 billion), according to Forbes.

heavyweight: 有影响的人物；聪明绝顶的人；重量级拳击手

rival: 对手；竞争者

The University of Minnesota said Liu was a student in its doctor of business administration program, which primarily takes place in Beijing in partnership with Tsinghua University aimed at full-time executives. 

administration: 管理；行政

primarily: 主要地，根本上；首先

aim at: 针对；瞄准；目的在于

executives: 高官们；主管们；执行管理者，执行主管们

The students were in the Twin Cities last week as part of their training.

University spokeswoman Emma Bauer in a statement declined to comment further and referred questions to the Minneapolis Police Department. 

报道来源：Nine News

https://www.9news.com.au/2018/09/03/07/52/minnesota-us-richard-liu-jd-com-chinese-ecommerce-arrest-sex-crime

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