Yeh, who calls himself apolitical, had been summoned by the police several times because of an early short story about a thief living a tragic life in prison.
自稱「從不喜歡政治、批判性格也不強」的葉石濤，在早年也曾因一篇描寫「小偷在牢獄過悲慘生活」的小說，被警察局傳訊多次。