Whistleblowers asked to provide clues to help China's 'fox hunt' against fugitive officials

Whistleblowers are being asked to leave tip-offs on an official website to help Chinese authorities carrying out their “fox hunt” crackdown on fugitive officials.

The Central Committee for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) hopes people both at home and abroad to leave useful clues on its new website to improve its efforts in catching the fugitives and recovering their stolen funds.

The page was launched as the Chinese authorities prepare to wrap up the massive campaign to track down fugitive officials and economic criminals hiding overseas – known as “Operation Fox Hunt” – by the end of this year.

With the operation about to end, some local police chiefs will be summoned to Beijing to explain to their bosses why they have not been so successful during the operation.

Liu Jinguo, vice-minister of public security, told the China Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision News, that officials in charge of provincial public security departments would be held responsible for catching fugitives from their own areas.

Those security officials that did not meet the crackdown’s targets would have to explain themselves to the ministry.