Corruption fight goes digital with new database (2)

The immediate family members of Cai were found to own 21 properties worth 40 million yuan ($6.4 million). His case is being reviewed.

"A series of recent corruption hunting cases, which were all started by evidence posted online by netizens, shows loopholes in the management of officials' assets," Wang Quanjie, a former deputy to the National People's Congress, who has been calling for disclosure of official assets since 2004, told the Global Times.

He added that the public's participation in providing information has to be strengthened, something the authorities should make use of to improve their anti-corruption work.