Recently, a post titled "An official of Sichuan Provincial Health Department beats volunteer in disaster area" spread online. Two days ago, Director of the Sichuan Provincial Health Department Shen Ji clarified that the rumor of an official named Ma Bugang beating volunteers was "purely a rumor". On the night of the same day, the department posted its handling opinion on the event of an official beating a volunteer - Zhang Jianxin who beat the volunteer would be suspended for investigation, along with Zhang Jianxin's apology letter. Netizens exposed that officials beat volunteers. The post titled "An official of Sichuan Provincial Health Department beats volunteer in disaster area" claimed that on the afternoon of May 20th, an official from Sichuan Provincial Health Department went to Jiangyou Changgang General Hospital for inspection. A volunteer accidentally poured disinfectant water onto the official. The official rushed out of the car and slapped the volunteer hard, then left after washing off the disinfectant water. After the post was released, some netizens said that the person who beat the volunteer was Ma Bugang, director of the Sichuan Provincial Health Department. In response, Director of the Sichuan Provincial Health Department Shen Ji made a clarification at a press conference held the other day, saying that the content of the post was purely a rumor. He said that after the disaster occurred, six teams of cadres organized by the Sichuan Provincial Health Department worked around the clock on the front line of rescue operations, and Ma Bugang was not in Jiangyou at the time but fighting the disaster in Mianyang. Officials who beat people have been suspended. Du Bo, spokesperson for the Sichuan Provincial Health Department, said yesterday that the person who beat the volunteer was Zhang Jianxin, deputy director of the department's retirement management office, not Ma Bugang. The health department ordered Zhang Jianxin to make a self-examination and profound reflection, and Zhang Jianxin wrote a public "self-examination and apology letter", which was posted on the website of the Sichuan Provincial Health Department along with the handling opinion. Du Bo said that since the Wenchuan earthquake, help from all sectors of society, including many volunteers, had made the disaster victims in Sichuan deeply feel this kind of "helping those in difficulty and supporting them from all sides" spirit of unity and friendship. However, during the earthquake relief, uncivilized behavior such as beating people appeared among the staff of the department, and the health department "deeply regretted it." He said that the Party Leadership Group of the Sichuan Provincial Health Department had decided to suspend Zhang Jianxin for investigation. Du Bo said that at around 4 pm yesterday, Zhang Jianxin had rushed to Jiangyou Changgang General Hospital, met with the beaten volunteer Lin, and apologized in person, delivering condolences. According to Du Bo, Lin had expressed acceptance of Zhang Jianxin's apology and forgiven his behavior of beating people, "they hugged each other, and the volunteer said that netizens could correctly handle this matter and work together for earthquake relief."