Man to be detained for five days after dousing Baidu’s billionaire founder with water at annual tech event

The man who drenched Baidu’s billionaire co-founder Robin Li Yanhong with water as he was giving a presentation at the company’s annual tech event in Beijing on July 3 will be detained for five days for the offence.

Chaoyang district police announced the detention on their Weibo account on July 4 after concluding an investigation into the stunt, which shocked attendees, stole the limelight from the company’s latest AI announcements and sparked a social media frenzy in China.