Corruption fight goes digital with new database

The Guangzhou city commission for disciplinary inspection, Guangdong Province, is working on an anti-corruption database in cooperation with the local public security, commercial, housing management and taxation authorities, the commission said Tuesday.

The computer program will be able to dig out cryptic messages from corrupt officials and ferret out their hidden assets, said Mei Heqing, spokesperson of the commission, adding that officials must disclose their income, property ownership of their family and their taxes.

A platform to track official vehicles is also underway.

"Currently, the property ownership information has all been included in the anti-corruption database," Mei added.

"The system was brought to realization after the downfall of Cai Bin, 56, an urban management official in Panyu district, and serious problems of untraceable properties," an anonymous official from the commission told the Global Times.

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