On the morning of August 19, a netizen under the nickname of "yundonggong" posted on the Rednet forum that he saw an article entitled "Four Female Students in a Dormitory of a University in Anhui Were Raped in Group" on Internet community forums such as NetEase Forum and Tianya Community. The post described in the capacity of a student of the university that the school blocked the news to safeguard its reputation, and postgraduate recommendation was used as part of the compensation for the four female students.