New offer made to another official to swim in polluted river

This time the reward was 300,000 yuan (HK$370,000), and it was offered to another official if he swam in a  polluted river for 30 minutes, 10 minutes longer than the first offer.

“All waterways in Longgang town are filled with stinky, polluted water, critically threatening people’s health ... Based on this, I offer a reward of 300,000 yuan to Cangnan environmental protection bureau chief Su Zhongjie if he can swim for 30 minutes in the polluted river,” said the announcement, made on Monday on Longgang's internet forum.

The post, made by a "Wenzhou netizen", quickly drew attention after another user reposted it the next day on microblogging website Sina Weibo. 

The post included a photo of a small river filled with yellow and green foam.

Weibo user Lin Kaixiao commented under the post that the polluted river flows through the town centre, and the dark water smells horribly. 

Su, whose bureau oversees Longgang, said the water pollution in town came from residential waste. He pledged to fully clean all waterways in the Longgang area.