Declaring assets will cause 'chaos'

Beijing - An outspoken deputy mayor in Central China's Hunan province has again been put in the spotlight for a controversial remark that requiring officials to declare their assets "will cause social chaos".

Jiang Zongfu, deputy mayor of Linxiang, a county-level city in Hunan, called for "caution" in introducing the officials' assets declaration system.

"That's because first of all, a true declaration of officials' assets will cause social chaos," he was quoted as saying by the Changsha-based Xiaoxiang Morning News on Thursday.