Those who help transfer embezzled money out of the country will also face punishment

The central government has intensified efforts to hunt down corrupt officials who fled abroad by launching a major campaign, which aims to bring back a number of suspects this year by coordinating top authorities, China's top anti-corruption body said on Thursday.

The campaign, code-named "Sky Net", which aims to arrest a number of corrupt officials and persuade some who have fled to turn themselves in, will be launched in April, according to the website of the Communist Party of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.