Sweden's former ambassador to
Beijing goes on trial in Stockholm on Friday accused of overstepping her mandate by trying to negotiate the release of a Chinese-Swedish dissident held in
China.
Anna Lindstedt is accused of brokering an unauthorised meeting during her time as ambassador to get publisher Gui Minhai freed.
Lindstedt -- a veteran envoy who had previously represented
Sweden in both Vietnam and
Mexico, and acted as Sweden's chief negotiator at the 2015 climate summit in
Paris -- has denied the charges against her.