Chinese social media users are increasingly raising questions about televised "confessions" and how they affect the country's rule of law.
Prominent human rights lawyer Wang Yu is the latest to appear in a widely disseminated online video, renouncing her legal work for the Beijing Fengrui Law Firm.
She has subsequently been freed, though many people online believe that she made the video under duress.
Televised confessions have become a trend in the past four years under Xi Jinping's presidency, and include confessions of crime, but also confessions of perceived dissent.
They have faced common mockery online, from users who say such videos discredit people before they are given a fair trial.
'Need to confess'
Last week, Lin Zuluan, the democratically-elected leader of Wukan in southern Guangdong province, was charged with taking bribes, though his "confession" video met with heavy online criticism.
Mr Lin's "confession" was aired on a number of national state broadcasters, including the official CCTV, and Shanghai's leading provincial channel, Dragon TV.
He is filmed being asked by a policeman: "What do you need to confess to us today?"
Mr Lin responds: "Because of my thin knowledge and ignorance of the law, during public ventures, I accepted funds and kickbacks from all kinds of projects.
"Because of these faults, I most faithfully give myself up to the police and the prosecuting authorities. These points I confess are the sworn truth."