'House uncle' had 132 properties

A former village head who accumulated 132 residential properties in Shanghai is the latest so-called house uncle to be identified in an anti-corruption crackdown.

The nickname was coined by netizens for male officials with multiple properties.

The 60-year-old man, whose surname was given as Li, was previously Communist Party secretary of a village near Wenzhou and worked lately in the steel and construction material industries, Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday. The village was not named.