A man surnamed Cheng, who raped a female intern, was arrested by local police on Wednesday, according to a statement on official Weibo account of Guangzhou Police.

An announcement by Guangzhou police said that they got a report from XiaoHui (pseudonym), a student intern at the Nanfang Daily, a Guangzhou-based newspaper, that she was raped on Monday by her mentor Cheng Xi, a journalist from the paper.

The newspaper said on Tuesday that it has conducted an investigation into the case and pledged not to shelter Cheng if he is found guilty.

According to a report by Jiemian.com, Xiaohui said Cheng Xi directly recruit her as an intern rather than the newspaper recruit her on Jan.3, 2015. Jiemian.com find the recruitment advertisement with Cheng's contact at WeChat on the evening of June 28, but the advertisement soon was deleted.

Xiaohui said that Cheng used to forward interview information to her, she directly sent her articles to Cheng after interviews and Cheng added the sign of "intern" before her name when an article was to be published.

A report by Thepaper.cn said that Xiaohui went to the office on June 27, the day when the rape occurred, to get her certification of internship. Xiaohui said that when she was about to leave, Cheng asked to chat with her at the coffee bar downstairs, where Cheng confessed his "affection" for her.

Xiaohui told Jiemian.com that Cheng was a strict guy in her eyes. Therefore, when Cheng expressed his affection to her, she did not take it as a serious thing.

An article said to be written by a friend of Xiaohui said that seeing that Xiaohui did not immediately leave, Cheng invited her to go to a restaurant with him. While they were on their way there, Cheng forcefully seized Hui's ID card and used it to book a room in a nearby hotel.

The article said that when Xiaohui and Cheng got to the hotel, Cheng forced himself on her and then gave her 2,000 yuan (around USD 300).

Xiaohui was questioned that she was not vigilant enough. However, Xiaohui said that she has a weak personality and she was afraid that Cheng would revenge if she revolted.

Reporters from Jiemian.com wanted to add Cheng as friend through WeChat and QQ but Cheng did not reply.