THE POLICE IN Central China's Hubei province recently cracked down on a gang that profited by deleting negative information about officials online. Over 2,000 people nationwide were involved, and some of them made 100,000 yuan ($16,100) a month. A majority of their customers were officials or entrepreneurs. Comments:

When ordinary people find evidence that officials are corrupt but the authorities refuse to act, they have no other choice but to post the information they have online to attract attention. But the officials are willing to pay to get the information deleted, which has created huge market demand and bred an interest chain. In order to put a stop to this, the central leadership needs to strengthen the anti-graft campaign so that the demand withers.

Southern Metropolis Daily, May 21