But, after Zhao and other parents protested that the government’s compensation plan was inadequate to cover the cost of their children’s ongoing medical care, they began to receive threats from local police. Zhao’s Web sites were repeatedly shut down, and the group’s lawyers received phone calls from authorities urging them to drop the case.
但当赵连海和其他孩子的父母抗议政府的赔偿计划不足以补偿孩子未来的医疗费用时，他们开始遭到当地公安的威胁。他的网页数次被关闭，而他们的代理律师则接到当局打来的电话，要求放弃这单案件。在2009年年末，赵连海被正式逮捕；自此被警方拘留。