Chinese billionaire Liu Qiangdong was arrested last week on suspicion of rape, Minneapolis police said on Tuesday as they continue to investigate the entrepreneur’s actions during a residency at the University of Minnesota.
Mr. Liu was released on Saturday and returned shortly thereafter to China. He appeared at an event in Beijing on Tuesday for the e-commerce site he founded,JD.com Inc., underscoring what business observers describe as his extraordinary confidence
In Minneapolis, where Mr. Liu spent last week at a residency for a Ph.D. program in business administration offered by the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, authorities continued to investigate what people familiar with the situation say is a complaint against Mr. Liu by a female student from China.