Revenge taken on informants

BEIJING - About 70 percent of those who reported criminal suspects to the procuratorate system nationwide have suffered some form of revenge, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP).

SPP officials also said some of the revenge is practiced covertly and is "seemingly legal", making it difficult to protect the whistle-blowers with legal aid, Legal Daily reported on Sunday.

"Those who are reported on, especially those who have official powers, use legal excuses to exact revenge upon the whistle-blowers by firing them or demoting them, directly or indirectly," Luo Shouliang, a procurator from the Beijing Procuratorate, was quoted as saying.