Last Wednesday, the US-China Business Council said companies being investigated were pressured to "admit guilt", appear without legal counsel and make statements without being informed of the grounds for investigation. Liu Junhai, a law professor at Renmin University, said he believed the main purpose for NDRC to disclose investigation details of domestic insurers was to drive home the point that foreign firms were equally treated. "The probes into the local insurers were conducted even before the recent investigations targeting foreign companies. The NDRC wants to show that the antitrust law enforcement is fair," Liu said.