After the incident, Director Chen denied the occurrence of such an event. He said that during the conflict, Zhu smashed his teacup and coffee table. Moreover, he claimed that his hand was fractured during the conflict.
Yesterday, the county made a decision: the party secretary would lead the discipline inspection commission and the organization department to have admonitory talks with Chen and Zhu; issue a public reprimand for Chen and Zhu throughout the county; order Chen and Zhu to submit detailed self-examinations to the county party committee.
According to reports (by Jingzhou Evening News reporter, Wun Bao), after several days of online spread about the "mutual beating in the office between the director and deputy director of the Public Security County Agricultural Machinery Bureau leading to both being injured," it was learned yesterday that the Public Security County Party Committee had already dealt with the two parties involved.
On the 9th of this month, online news reported that a dispute occurred while the director and deputy director of the Public Security County Agricultural Machinery Bureau were discussing work in the director's office, which escalated into physical contact. Afterwards, the deputy director went to the hospital for treatment, and the director claimed that his hand was fractured. Later, the poster went to the thirteenth floor of the inpatient department of the county Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and saw Deputy Director Zhu of the Public Security County Agricultural Machinery Bureau who was being treated there. Zhu's right eyelid and right lip wounds had been stitched with multiple stitches. Medical staff confirmed that when Zhu was brought to the hospital, examination revealed multiple facial injuries.
Zhu introduced that at around 10 a.m. that day, he went to the director's office to discuss work, mentioning an unreimbursed hospitality expense from last year, which was rudely rejected by Director Chen. This led to physical friction between them. During the conflict, Chen picked up an electric kettle from the coffee table and swung it towards Zhu's head. Although Zhu quickly dodged, he was still cut by the kettle.