Jiang Tianyong's family and friends last heard from him on November 21 while he was in Changsha city visiting the wife of a rights lawyer detained in a broad crackdown that began last year.
Lawyer Qin Chenshou says that police told him that Jiang had been administratively detained for nine days from Nov. 22 to December 1. Qin said his current whereabouts weren't clear. Jiang's wife said Thursday that police recently raided a Beijing apartment that he sometimes used and took away his personal items.