Sweden's former envoy to
Beijing is to go on trial for overstepping her duties by trying to negotiate the release of a Chinese-Swedish dissident held in
China, prosecutors in Stockholm said Monday.
Anna Lindstedt is accused of brokering an unauthorised meeting during her time as ambassador to get publisher Gui Minhai freed, a statement from the prosecutor's office said.
Gui Minhai, a Chinese-born Swedish citizen known for publishing gossipy titles about Chinese political leaders out of a Hong Kong book shop, disappeared while vacationing in
Thailand in 2015 before resurfacing in mainland China.