China woman becomes first to have sex assault recognised as ‘industrial injury’

A woman in China who was raped by her boss on a business trip and later sacked has had her ordeal ruled an “industrial injury” by the authorities.

She subsequently sued the company and is demanding it pay her two million yuan (US$280,000) in compensation.

The classification of her sexual assault as such is the first of its kind in China.

The case, heard on September 23, at the Jinnan District People’s Court in Tianjin, northern China, gripped the nation, according to the news outlet Kankan News.

The victim, Cui Lili, 41, previously worked as a sales supervisor at the Tianjin Deke Zhikong Company, a car component manufacturer, for an annual salary of more than one million yuan (US$140,000).

  

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