New system catching Internet abuse in office

A number of officials have been disciplined for using work time for online activities that were unrelated to their jobs. They were caught by the anti-graft department in Beijing's Pinggu district through an electronic monitoring system installed last year.

The district's commission of discipline inspection said on Tuesday that the system is designed to supervise functionaries' online activities during working hours, and that more than 70 public organs in the area are under electronic surveillance.

"I found an official who had 1,000 clicks on porn websites in a day, and I traced his IP address. I found out that he frequently visited porn websites during working hours over a three-month period," an official at the commission said on condition of anonymity.