 SHANGHAI, China, Feb. 11, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Huazhu Group Limited NASDAQ: HTHT and HKEX: 1179 the Company or Huazhu, a world-leading hotel group, today announced that the Companys audit committee the Audit Committee has completed the internal investigation into the allegations raised in short seller reports issued by Bonitas Research LLC on September 22 and 29, 2020, respectively the Bonitas Reports. The Audit Committee carried out the investigation beginning in late September 2020, with the assistance and advice of Cleary Gottlieb Steen Hamilton LLP and FTI Consulting, Inc. 