BRINGING TO JUSTICE CORRUPT OFFICIALS who have fled abroad with their ill-earned money is more than just a matter of justice and social fairness. It is also a potent way of deterring other corrupt elements from fleeing the country with their families and ill-gotten fortune.

At a time when the severe crackdown on corruption has considerably narrowed down the space for abuse of power and made it easier to catch corrupt officials, fleeing overseas has obviously become the last resort of rotten elements.

It is this last route of retreat that the Ministry of Public Security wants to block through its campaign to hunt down corrupt officials and other economic crime suspects who have fled abroad.