Anti-graft agency to widen net

Officials will face punishment for shielding corrupt subordinates

China's top anti-graft agency has pledged to punish both corrupt officials and their leaders who failed to supervise them effectively amid the agency's efforts to boost clean governance.

The anti-corruption authorities will draw up concrete rules to punish officials who cover up their subordinates' misbehavior, according to the Research Division of the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.