Gaokao ghostwriters to face punishment

Special teams to investigate surrogate exam-takers, monitors who took bribes

The national education authority is requiring all the institutions and bureaus involved with the newly exposed gaokao ghostwriter scandal in Henan province to work together with the public security bureaus.

"Any people involved in the scandal will receive severe punishment, to guarantee the fairness and justness of the national exam," said the announcement released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Education on its official micro blog.