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Former Swedish ambassador to China involved arranging Gui Minhai's daughter to meet with Chinese prosecutors

2019-12-09T16:10:19.019Z


Swedish prosecutors decided on December 9 to sue the country's former ambassador to China, Anna Lindstedt. She was accused of arbitrarily arranging Angela, the daughter of Gui Minhai, a Swedish shareholder of Causeway Bay Bookstore, in January to contact two Chinese businessmen who claimed to be connected to the Chinese government. Sweden has accused her of exceeding her authority in arranging meetings and making unauthorized contact with foreign forces.


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Written by: Xu Anan

2019-12-09 23:34

Last updated: 2019-12-09 23:35

Swedish prosecutors decided on December 9 to sue the country's former ambassador to China, Anna Lindstedt. She was accused of arbitrarily arranging Angela, the daughter of Gui Minhai, a Swedish shareholder of Causeway Bay Bookstore, in January to contact two Chinese businessmen who claimed to be connected to the Chinese government. Sweden has accused her of exceeding her authority in arranging meetings and making unauthorized contact with foreign forces.

Gui Minhai was detained in China. Her daughter Angela stated on February 13 that Lin Daian arranged for her to meet with two Chinese businessmen in Stockholm in January. The two claimed to have ties to the Communist Party of China to help Gui Minhai be released, and then she would not speak out about her father's affairs.

Angela later inquired about the incident with the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The department stated that the meeting was not officially arranged. The Ministry did not know beforehand and did not know that the meeting had taken place until the end of January. The country ’s foreign ministry said on February 14 that it had replaced its ambassador to China and arranged for Lin Daian to return to his country for internal investigations. At that time, the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm also issued a statement saying that it had never been authorized to anyone and that anyone had never been authorized to contact the daughter of Gui Minhai.

The Swedish prosecutor's office charged her with "arbitrariness during negotiations with a foreign power" on December 9 and stated that she had contacted "people representing China's interests" during the meeting. Beyond her power. Lin Dai'an denied the allegations.

Swedish Television (SVT) reported that Lin Dai'an could be sentenced to two years in prison if found guilty. No trial date has been set, but prosecutors say they expect trials in early 2020.

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Source: hk1

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