By Natalie Thomas,The Atlantic

In a political party with over 80 million members, there are bound to be a few bad eggs.

The article describes a system viewed on the one hand as “the sharpest weapon for fighting corruption” and as a “fatal black hole” on the other.

It describes how this veiled system carries out its investigations in secret locations such as hotels, military bases, and even ordinary houses. Inside the rooms where interrogations take place, all sharp corners are wrapped in rubber. First floor rooms are also often chosen to prevent suicides. The interrogators are unknown to each other before they begin working on the case.