According to reports by the mainland's China Central Television (CCTV), the ministry had begun monitoring the men's activities in June 1993, and had started making preparations to detain them in early 1996. But it was not until March 1998 that they were arrested on entering the mainland via Beijing.
根據中共中央電視台報導，中共國家安全部從一九九三年六月即開始監控寇健明等人的行動，九六年初進一步部署逮捕行動，直到九八年三月才在寇健明入境北京時將其逮捕。