BEIJING, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- A senior discipline inspector Han Henglin has asked officials to fight corruption and other illegal conduct in China's prison system.

Han, chief of discipline inspection in the Ministry of Justice which oversees nationwide prisons, told his subordinates that the prison system faces "a severe and complicated situation" in the fight against corruption, the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection released Monday on its website.

Abiding by the rules must be incorporated into daily administration, education and promotion of officials in the prison system, Han was quoted as saying.

Since the incumbent leadership took office in late 2012, the CPC has been engaged in a fierce anti-corruption campaign, taking down both senior leaders and minor bureaucrats.

In 2014, discipline inspection agencies nationwide investigated about 50,000 cases of minor violations and punished more than 20,000 officials.

Source: Xinhua at: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-10/05/c_134685267.htm