Official forced to declare assets

Bureau chief comes clean to counter netizen's imaginative online post

BEIJING - Zhang Li, an official in Central China's Hunan province, was forced to declare his assets, including five apartments, on Tuesday to prove his innocence after an alleged "impostor" posted the information, though "inaccurate", online.

Zhang told the local Xiaoxiang Morning Herald that he was "trapped" by some people. He said he had not published any property information online and the list that was posted was out of touch with reality.