“Prosecutors: Designated circuit in the Gui Minhai-tangle”
“Prosecutor Hans Ihrman has a circle of persons to interview in the investigation regarding the much talked about meeting of the imprisoned Swedish-chinese the publisher Gui Minhai.”
“– About a month, I can say if we are approaching the end of the investigation, said Ihrman.”
“the suspicion comes egenmäktighet at the negotiation with a foreign power, an unusual appellation, which means that a person without a permit may have allowed themselves to be used as agents of a foreign power.”
“the Suspicion is directed against the widely publicized meeting that Sweden’s China ambassador Anna Lindstedt was to arrange earlier in the year at a hotel in Stockholm with, among other things, the chinese”
“the state Department has claimed that no one who worked with the case of the imprisoned, the publisher knew of the meeting beforehand.”
“Hans Ihrman has not yet any person suspected of a crime.”
“– It is real. If you must notify any person of suspicion, one must have a more concrete brottsmisstanke so that the person has any other setting, and point of view on the suspicion. I want to have larger, more comprehensive basis first, ” says Ihrman.”
“the Investigation is fully natural mainly to keep the questioning, and the prosecutor has a group of people that he wants to get in touch with. But he does not want to answer whether he intends to interrogate all who were at the meeting, or if he has to interrogate ambassador Anna Lindstedt.”
“– It is the interrogation of the main features and the interviews will show if there are new people that are interesting for the investigation. I can’t comment on what people we are hearing and in what order. We have an initial plan on a circle of people that we think have significance for the investigation.”
“the Assessment he makes is the first about a month so he knows about the investigation is coming to an end, and if you can go to the prosecution, or if the material is too thin.”
“We have made a preliminary assessment,” says Ihrman.”
“During the time that riksenheten for the security objectives and the security Police carries out its investigation, the state department paused its internal investigation. The reason is stated to be to not interfere with the ongoing criminal investigation, but His Ihrman said that he does not have any comments on whether the MINISTRY for foreign affairs conducts its investigation in the meantime.”
“– They do their assessment, ” he says.”
“the state Department has decided to send inspectors to the embassy in Beijing to support the staff in their work and to get a clearer background to what has happened. It is a measure which, according to the Ihrman not at all interfere with the criminal investigation.”
” We have a close cooperation with the MINISTRY for foreign affairs, and I am asked about all the possible actions that the MFA sees itself in need of doing. We consult and I have no views on that they need to operate and maintain its employer responsibility.”
“February 3: Angela Gui, the daughter of the Swedish-chinese the publisher who is detained in China, said in an interview with svenska Dagbladet that she had a meeting in Sweden with chinese representatives regarding their father.”
“February 13. Angela Gui writes on his blog about the meeting in Stockholm took place at the end of January on the invitation of the Swedish China-ambassador Anna Lindstedt. The foreign MINISTRY says that the investigation of Anna Lindstedt and stated that it had knowledge of the meeting, the first in the post, which is listed as one of the reasons that Lindstedt now being investigated.”
“14 February: the Fbi has stated that it will conduct a preliminary investigation after the meeting become known. The investigation, led by prosecutors at the riksenheten for national security.”
“February 15: Minister for foreign affairs Margot Wallström commenting on the criticism of Sweden’s China ambassador. Wallström said that the foreign MINISTRY had not been aware of the meeting and that you look very seriously at the incident.”
“February 16: foreign office clarifies that no one who works with the Gui Minhai-case had knowledge of the meeting. The foreign MINISTRY does not want to answer the question then, if there are other people, and what it is, who had knowledge of the meeting, which took place in Sweden.”
