When he had severely punished guilty officials, he turned his attention to the fraudulent creditors of the government.

China's Supreme Court, meanwhile, ordered lower courts to punish officials found guilty of profiteering and speculation.

All believers in Donghak must rise up and punish corrupt officials who support the Japanese.

Despite government pronouncements, many international and Colombian human rights organizations say not enough is being done to punish military officials with ties to the paramilitaries.

The empress dowager, furious at the miserable performance of her generals, punished several senior Chinese officials.

The Chancellor was held responsible for the actions of officials he recommended and appointed, yet he could also punish inadequate officials without the emperor's consent.

"Designed to punish elected officials" - A classic attempt to misdirect the argument.

But this is so far from people's experience in places like Mexico City that they do not punish officials for failing to produce it.

He punished local officials who opposed him by sending "personal representatives" to their locals to undermine them or by removing elected leaders.

After the killings, the gunmen announced they were staging a coup d'état and claimed that they wanted to punish "corrupt officials."