Documentary is intended to educate the public and warn discipline officers

After learning about the stepping down of numerous corrupt officials, the public is for the first time hearing from some of the disgraced discipline officials themselves in a cautionary tale for public servants.

A three-part anti-corruption documentary, produced by the Communist Party of China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the country’s top discipline watchdog, and China Central Television, began airing nightly on Tuesday at 8 pm on CCTV-1.

It comes right before an annual key meeting of the commission, which is expected to develop enhanced supervision and stricter rules for Party members.

“The TV series provides a first full look inside the stories of these corrupt discipline officials, including their luxurious lives lived at the public’s expense and tearful expressions of regret, with analysis of their illegal behavior and ideological transformation, serving to educate the public and act as a strong warning to public servants,” according to a statement by the commission on Tuesday.

It features the cases of 10 former senior anti-graft officials, including Zhu Mingguo, who was once in charge of fighting corruption in the southern Guangdong province, and Jin Daoming, former head of the discipline watchdog in North China’s Shanxi province. Zhu received the death penalty with a two-year reprieve and Jin was sentenced to life in jail, both for taking bribes.

On Tuesday’s episode, Wei Jian, former director of the CCDI’s No 4 disciplinary inspection office, expressed remorse over his graft practices.

It’s the second time the top anti-graft watchdog has

Anti-graft officers will learn lessons and regulate their own behaviors according to the new rules, then strengthen efforts to investigate more graft cases.” Zheng Chuankai, lawyer from the Beijing Lawyers Association anti-graft officers nationwide have been investigated for violating Party rules or corruption since late 2012.

filmed a TV series focusing on corruption.

In October, the commission aired an eight-part documentary that featured the cases of 10 former provincial or ministerial-level officials and one former State leader — Su Rong, former vice-chairman of China’s top political advisory body — in a warning to public servants.

Last week, the top leadership held a meeting at which it was decided that a plenary session of the CCDI will be held in Beijing from Friday to Sunday.

At the meeting, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the country’s top decision-making body, required discipline officials at all levels to receive supervision from both inside the Party and from the public and