The article states that they didn't want him to rat them out to their superiors about the nice treatment and the help. Being allowed to take a pic doesn't mean he was meant to sell them out on the Internet. The guy who will particularly be screwed is the one that accepted the bribe.

That line initially read "Irlan (left) wouldn’t let me take pictures, but occasionally I’d sneak one in."

That line was edited, it did not read this way yesterday.