The source further reports that on 18 March 2002, workers from more than 20 local and regional factories protested Yao Fuxin's detention and demanded his immediate release.
8. 来文提交人还称，20多家本地和周边地区工厂的工人于2002年3月18日抗议当局拘留姚福信，要求将其立即释放。