This including bribing known fortune tellers to see whether they could survive the purge. ‌The insider added that some security officers are now "patrolling the homes of fortune tellers to see who visits them". ‌"It’s not just a few officials and their relatives who go to fortune tellers and conduct shamanist ceremonies," the source said. "The higher the official, the more obsessed they are with fortune tellers, and the money fortune tellers receive is considerable." This means that few of the fortune tellers themselves are actually arrested and prosecuted.