China Red Cross tried to deal with tarnished reputation

via WikipediaThe China Red Cross has come again under scrutiny of China's internet users. Initially it was accused for lack of transparency, because it did not want to explain what was happening with the funds it received for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake.

Now the vice-chairman of the Sanya Red Cross Society China has been attached, writes ChinaCSR.
According to Sohu.com, a viral Internet video has been spreading online showing Wang shouting to a group of donors and asking for a 5% management fee for the donations they make. As the release of the video coincided with the Sichuan earthquake, many netizens think that Wang was trying to charge a management fee for the donations made for the earthquake relief. The video has seriously undermined the image of Hainan Provincial Red Cross Society, the supervisory agency of SRCS.

This time action has been taken and Wang Li has been removed from her duties.

Update: One of my readers writes in an email:

FYI - the standard management fee by GONGO's is 10%. How is it that the press is not aware of this, and shouldn't this be part of the conversation? Not that the Red Cross is innocent, and shouldn't be expected to be transparent, but perhaps reports would better serve their readers to understand the fact that first response NGOs cost more than relief organizations and that without the Red Cross, the alternative would have been a disaster.

GONGO's are the NGO's working as a part of a government entity.