《人民司法》编辑部: 贵刊1982年第11期的《一起涉及港商的合同纠纷案》一文,介绍了广东省汕头地区中级人民法院裁定扣留港商的身份证及出入境证件,以促其到庭应诉的作法,并称之为诉讼保全措施。对此,我有不同的看法。我认为这种作法不属于诉讼保全性质,而且于法无据。理由如下: “People’s Justice” Editorial Department: No. 11, 1982, “A Case of Contract Dispute involving Hong Kong Businessmen”, introducing a document that the Intermediate People’s Court of Shantou, Guangdong Province, decided to detain Hong Kong businessmen ’s identity card and exit and entry documents in order to promote It came to court to respond to the practice, and called litigation preservation measures. In this regard, I have different views. I think this practice does not belong to the nature of litigation preservation, and there is no evidence of law. The reasons are as follows: