In the early afternoon of November 17, several national security officers forcibly entered the Nanjing home of citizen journalist Sun Lin, with neighbours reportedly hearing an altercation between the journalist and police. Sun, known to report under the pen name ‘Jie Mu’, was transported to the Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital between 2.30 and 3 p.m. He was pronounced dead at 5.45 p.m.