State media promote Gyirong border inspection station officer Xiao Fugui, who left the port before the mudslide, narrowly escaped death and filmed footage of the disaster
On September 5, Chinese Communist Party official media announced that Xiao Fugui, a police officer at the Gyirong port border inspection station, was driving to the port on the morning of August 30 when he spotted danger, did not reach the port and thus narrowly escaped death, and he filmed footage of the disaster; official media also promoted his remarks as one of the first team members to reach the core disaster area, tightly holding the five-star red flag.