Hangzhou China Merchants Group Executive and Binjiang District Public Official Forcefully Molested a Woman in a KTV Room; Officials Announced on August 18 That Both Were Criminally Detained and Removed from Office

On July 26, after dining with a public official in Binjiang District, Hangzhou, a senior executive from the China Merchants Group moved the gathering to a private KTV room, where he forcefully molested a woman, causing her injuries rated as minor injury level two; on August 18, authorities announced that the two had been criminally detained and dismissed from their posts, that the discipline inspection commission had stepped in, and that the venue involved had been shut down.