Must protect informants

Tip offs from the general public have played an important role in cracking countless corruption cases.

How to protect informants from being persecuted by those they blow the whistle on is essential for inspiring more to participate in the good fight.

The work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate delivered to the National People's Congress session early this month showed that the number of corruption cases cracked and the number of people implicated in 2008 have both increased compared to the previous year.