Noted dissident Qin Yongmin recounts that in the five months since he has been released from prison, Wuhan Police and State Security authorities have used enforcement measures such as summons and searches against him six times. This is also the second time they've searched Qin’s home within two weeks. During interrogation, police threatened and verbally abused him, as well as confiscated copies of seven articles that Qin wrote and two notebooks.