Hong Kong (CNN Business) One of China's top tech billionaires is shifting away from managing his company's core business, a few months after being arrested in the United States on suspicion of rape.

Richard Liu, the founder and chief executive of Chinese e-commerce company JD.com, said he will have a new focus going forward, handing responsibility for the company's main business to other executives.

"For me, personally, I will focus more on new businesses," Liu said on an earnings call this week. "For mature businesses, our team can handle that."

The businessman, whose Chinese name is Liu Qiangdong, was arrested in Minneapolis in late August following a rape allegation, police said . He was released without bail less than 24 hours later, and quickly returned to China.

The company said Liu was falsely accused, but news of the arrest followed him home, where images of the billionaire in an orange jumpsuit circulated on Chinese social media.

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