Southern Metropolis Daily (南方都市报) - published a three-part investigative report into what they allege are the illegal activities of the Beijing Anyuanding Security Technology Service Co., Ltd. (北京安元鼎安全防范技术服务有限公司)...The newspaper report revealed that the security firm specializes in intercepting citizens attempting to file complaints with the central government in Beijing on behalf of local and provincial governments. According to a six month investigation...by...Southern Metropolis Daily, local governments signed contracts with Anyuanding in which they agreed to pay the security firm to intercept and detain petitioners on their behalf. As the original report is quite long, the translation below is not exhaustive. The original article included more details about the history and development of the company, the conditions within the "black jails" and a discussion of the legality of the detentions carried out by the company. [links to full text of original articles]