A police official in south China’s Guangdong Province has been sacked for allegedly using fake identities to do business, the local government announced on Tuesday.

Zhao Haibin, a party committee member with the public security bureau in Lufeng City, Guangdong, was reported by a local businessman to own 192 houses in four cities of the province, all of which are registered under his name or his company's name.

Huang Kunyi, a local businessman who had a dispute with Zhao over a real estate property, raised the allegations.

Zhao said he was just managing the houses for his brother, and that the properties were no longer under his name.

The Lufeng government announced Zhao’s removal and vowed to conduct a full investigation into accusations made against him online.

China Daily reported that Zhao admitted to having two household registrations, or hukou.

The hukou is a permanent residence registration and personal identification issued by public security departments. In China, individuals can only have one legitimate ID and one hukou record.

Police said that Zhao had two hukou, but one of them was revoked after it was verified to be illegal, the Guangzhou Daily reported.