Blockbuster TV series with tearful confessions and juicy details seen as useful cautionary account

After reading about numerous officials accused of bribery and other forms of corruption, the public is finally hearing from some of the disgraced officials themselves.

An eight-part documentary being aired on national television provides a first full look inside their stories, including tearful expressions of regret and even surprise at their own actions, which brought them a posh life at the public's expense.