He was arrested in 1974 for "the crime of initiating disorder" after distributing nineteen copies of his first novel, Dotazník (The Questionnaire) and voicing his intention to have it published in Switzerland.
In 1974, he was apprehended for "the crime of inciting unrest" after distributing nineteen copies of his first novel, Dotazník (The Questionnaire), and expressing his intention to publish it in Switzerland.