China's military newspaper on Wednesday rejected concerns regarding the country's anti-corruption fight, saying that the campaign will not destabilize people's morale and public trust and there is no doubt that the fight will continue.

The PLA Daily, flagship newspaper of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), vowed there will be no privilege, sanctuary or impunity for anyone in the country's battle against corruption in a commentary published Wednesday.

The commentary addressed concerns that continuing the campaign may destabilize people's morale and public trust, as well as doubts about whether the campaign will continue.

Such concerns, it said, show that the fight between corrupt forces and those opposing corruption had entered a crucial tug-of-war stage.

As a result, it is necessary to clarify any misconceptions, so as to clean up the negative influences wrought by Xu Caihou, former vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC). Xu was expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) in June and handed over to prosecutors in October on corruption charges.

Since the 18th CPC National Congress in late 2012, more than 56 officials of vice-ministerial rank or above have been put under investigation for corruption. Xu and Zhou Yongkang, the country's former security chief, are the two highest-ranking officials to fall.

"The anti-corruption campaign has already touched senior 'tigers' like Zhou Yongkang and Xu Caihou. Who is left untouchable?" the article said.

The article is a show of the authorities' determination to continue the corruption fight despite resistance from some interest groups, analysts said, though the fight inside the military is much harder than the fight inside the government or the Party.

Zhang Xixian, a professor with the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, said a few people in the military may see their morale affected, but those are mainly interest groups connected with the "big tigers." "Once the 'tigers' fall, those groups will feel at a loss and their morale will be undermined," Zhang said.

Among the 56 sacked "tigers," three are from the PLA. Gu Junshan, former deputy chief of the PLA General Logistics Department, was handed over to prosecutors in March and Yang Jinshan, deputy commander of the Chengdu Military Area Command of the PLA, was expelled from the Party in October.

Major General Luo Yuan, deputy secretary-general at the PLA Academy of Military Sciences, admitted earlier in an interview with ifeng.com that the investigation into Gu had been hampered by powerful networks within the PLA.

Senior Colonel Gong Fangbin, a professor at the PLA's National Defense University, said that due to security concerns, the PLA could not be totally exposed to public supervision, so inside the army, there must be a mechanism to prevent corruption and factionalism.

In November, the PLA audit office was brought under the direct management of the CMC, signaling heightened independence of the office. The office was formerly supervised by the General Logistics Department, which Gu used to head.

To further prevent senior officers taking advantage of their positions, the PLA issued instructions covering areas such as personnel management, construction projects and equipment purchasing.

Xinhua contributed to this story