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On November 6, Reuters disclosed Italian investigative documents: suspects had long been staking out Teacher Li's residence and rummaging through trash. One individual collected over 4,000 photos and 35 videos, while others offered 100 euros per day to hire people to track Teacher Li. Prosecutors suspect two main suspects acted on behalf of the Chinese police and maintained contact with personnel from the CCP United Front Work Department. The Milan prosecutor's office concluded its investigation into 10 suspects (8 Chinese citizens, 2 Italian citizens) on October 23; no convictions have been made yet.

According to an ANSA report on October 28, Milan prosecutors have completed their investigation into 10 suspects, accusing them of stalking, monitoring, and threatening Teacher Li, as well as rummaging through his mailbox and sending materials to China. Four of the Chinese nationals were in continuous contact with Beijing authorities, and some leaders of overseas Chinese associations were accused of being commissioned by Chinese police to coordinate the surveillance of dissidents.

X user @lilaoshizuikeai posted that recent online rumors claiming his life was ruined because he was transnationally suppressed over 100 euros are false information. He pointed out that the woman in the photo is actually a member of the Milan, Italy Jiangxi Chamber of Commerce, responsible for leading a team to conduct surveillance at his Milan apartment. He said he has cooperated with Italian anti-terrorism police (Digos) and successfully arrested 8 of the suspects involved, while two principal culprits fled back to China after learning the news.

A frontline English teacher using the online name "Teacher Li the Educator" posted an article claiming that Chinese cultural and ideological-political elements make up nearly 80% of the new People's Education Press (PEP) English textbook, that the protagonists have been changed from Li Lei and Han Meimei to "Fuxing" (Rejuvenation), and that because relations with a certain country have deteriorated, all material from that country has been deleted, calling for textbooks that combine Chinese and Western elements.

On July 1, 2026, online blogger Teacher Li and the international human rights organization Safeguard Defenders jointly launched the "Overseas Black Hand Files" project, aiming to systematically collect cases of overseas Chinese communities suffering transnational repression and threats by the CCP, and to push Western governments to take action.

In early March 2026, the Italian government, on national security grounds, ordered the deportation of 8 Chinese citizens suspected of surveilling and intimidating dissident Teacher Li (Li Ying).