During a second search, Liangxi police in Wuxi seized Shen Aibin’s keyboard, printer, petition letters and computer as tools used to commit the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble

（Rights Defense Network Information Center report）On May 20, 2026，this outlet learned：During a second search, Liangxi police in Wuxi seized Shen Aibin’s keyboard、printer、petition letters、and computer as tools used to commit the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble。

On October 30, 2025，after the Liangxi Branch of the Wuxi Public Security Bureau arrested Shen Aibin on suspicion of the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble，it secretly searched Shen Aibin’s residence，and seized all the materials and tools Shen Aibin used to defend his rights，including one computer in use、six unused computers、a printer、a USB drive，two mobile phones in use，two brand-new mobile phones he had just bought，old mobile phones used over the years at home，the appeal and complaint case-file materials from the criminal cases Shen Aibin had experienced，government-information-disclosure and administrative-reconsideration and litigation case-file materials involving relevant departments，large quantities of handwritten materials，an electronic scale，an electric bicycle and more。

On April 16, 2026，after the Liangxi Public Security Sub-Bureau summoned Shen Aibin in retaliation， Guo Wei, deputy head of the Criminal Police Brigade of the Liangxi Public Security Sub-Bureau, forcibly handcuffed Shen Aibin with his hands behind his back（putting handcuffs on his hands behind his back）and took him home for a search，seizing the brand-new printer Shen Aibin had just bought、the old laptop computer later brought for use，more than a dozen complaint letters whose envelopes had already been addressed and materials placed inside and were being sealed in preparation for mailing to central government departments，as well as a computer keyboard，all of which were seized。During the search and seizure，Shen Aibin raised an objection with Guo Wei，but Guo Wei told Shen：“It’s fine，we will issue you a seizure list.” Is it really permissible to arbitrarily seize the property of the person involved simply by issuing a seizure list？

Article 293, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Law stipulates four types of criminal conduct constituting the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble：（1）beating others at will, when the circumstances are egregious；（2）chasing, intercepting, insulting or intimidating others, when the circumstances are egregious；（3）forcibly taking or demanding, or arbitrarily damaging or occupying, public or private property, when the circumstances are serious；（4）causing disturbances in public places, resulting in serious disorder in public places。

Article 5 of the Supreme People’s Court and Supreme People’s Procuratorate’s Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases Involving the Use of Information Networks to Commit Defamation and Other Offenses（Judicial Interpretation [2013] No. 21）stipulates two types of online conduct constituting the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble：

Paragraph 1 of Article 5 stipulates that using information networks to insult or intimidate others, when the circumstances are egregious and social order is disrupted, shall be convicted and punished for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble in accordance with item (2) of paragraph 1 of Article 293 of the Criminal Law。

Paragraph 2 of Article 5 stipulates that fabricating false information, or spreading on information networks information known to have been fabricated, or organizing or instigating people to spread such information on information networks, causing disturbances and resulting in serious disorder in public order, shall be convicted and punished for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble in accordance with item (4) of paragraph 1 of Article 293 of the Criminal Law。

According to the principle of legality of crimes and punishments established in Article 3 of the Criminal Law，where an act is expressly defined by law as a criminal act, conviction and punishment shall be imposed in accordance with the law；where an act is not expressly defined by law as a criminal act, no conviction or punishment may be imposed。

It can be seen from the above legal provisions that on October 30, 2025, the Liangxi Public Security Sub-Bureau had already seized a large number of items unrelated to the case from Shen Aibin，including several unused computers、brand-new mobile phones、a printer、all written materials and case files, among others，and the seizure of these items was based on the criminal facts discovered by the public security authorities（hypothetically），but on April 16, 2026, it again seized the printer Shen Aibin had purchased later、a computer，and complaint letters，and even more bizarrely, the keyboard also became a tool used to commit the crime，although these items were clearly unrelated to the case。

From the Liangxi Sub-Bureau’s conduct in seizing these items，it can be confirmed that they were not seized to ascertain the facts of the case，but rather to make a mockery of the situation，to prevent Shen Aibin from producing materials to defend his rights，to abuse their power to obstruct and impede Shen Aibin’s rights-defense activities，and to prevent Shen Aibin from exposing the inhumane atrocities of Wuxi’s criminal and corrupt judicial elements，otherwise，how could a printer、complaint letters、brand-new mobile phones、criminal-litigation appeal and complaint case files、administrative-reconsideration and litigation case-file materials，government-information-disclosure case materials，and a computer keyboard possibly become tools used to commit the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble？These disgraceful and vicious acts expose the shameless abuse of power by Wuxi Public Security, which now has no limits。

According to insiders within Wuxi Public Security，the public security authorities’ treatment of Shen Aibin has now exceeded their statutory authority，and is entirely an abusive exercise of power to attack and suppress him，they are doing this to preserve their performance record and cover things up，because they do not want Shen Aibin to overturn his case，and even less do they want Shen Aibin to expose the corruption and criminality of Wuxi’s judicial system。

A well-known Wuxi lawyer, surnamed Yu, said：“There is no longer any law to speak of in Wuxi’s treatment of Shen Aibin，and even the most outstanding lawyer is powerless in the face of a criminal and corrupt public authority，so the greatest problem facing the rule of law now is that public power does not abide by the law，ordinary people cannot find public authorities that will act according to the law，and those who have suffered injustice have nowhere to file their grievances，with the entire judicial and oversight system having been distorted into a political tool rather than genuinely performing its duties in accordance with the law。”

A Wuxi petitioner made an even more startling statement：“This kind of criminal and corrupt conduct in Wuxi now is intended to destroy Shen Aibin，and Mao Lihui of Jiangyin is an example，if they cannot suppress you, they use despicable means to destroy you，now that public power does not abide by the law, ordinary people have all been driven into desperate straits，in April this year，a resident whose home was being demolished in Lihu Subdistrict, Binhu District, Wuxi, killed the village Party secretary and the secretary’s son，and the government is now imposing a total information blackout. This country has now driven ordinary people to the end of the road，in 2020，a judge at the Huishan District Court was killed by someone inside the court，and no one outside knew about it at all，until an auxiliary police officer accidentally let it slip during the final security check.”

Appendix: Seizure Decision