V, KD and SD want to expel the Chinese ambassador

- That a leading representative of the Chinese regime expresses itself in this way against free Swedish media is deeply serious. It is disrespectful to Sweden and the democratic system we have in our country, says the Christian Democrats Lars Adaktusson.

He believes that this is not an individual event, but part of a deliberate effort that has been going on for a long time.

- Given that similar events have occurred in the past, the trust, as I see it, is exhausted for China's Swedish ambassador. We in the Christian Democrats think that the government should declare him persona non grata and undesirable in Sweden.

The Left Party also wants Gui Congyou to be expelled.

- I think it is deeply regrettable that the Chinese Embassy is trying to use the same type of media censorship that one has in China also in Sweden. I think it is a wise idea to declare the ambassador undesirable, says Håkan Svenneling, foreign policy spokesman for the Left Party.

He says that as a politician, he has also been pressured by the Chinese Embassy.

- I myself have a letter from the ambassador that is about me and has been sent to Jonas Sjöstedt and I know that they have tried to throw me and tried to get others to put pressure on me, says Håkan Svenneling.

The Swedish Democrats write in a written comment that even their party wants to expel the ambassador:

"The pressure attempts shown by SVT's review confirm a sad picture that we have seen from the Chinese embassy for a while [...] it is completely unacceptable why we also demanded that the ambassador be declared persona non grata."

Liberal MP Christer Nylander wants the government to take one step at a time, starting with calling the ambassador.

- It is obvious that the ambassador does not really understand how the Swedish system works. What the freedom of the press is and the position of politicians towards journalists. It is important for the embassy to know that, he says.

Expelling the ambassador is not the right way to go, the Moderates say.

- Casting out an ambassador will not change China's relationship with Sweden. And the question is what counter-reactions will they take against us? What is a better way is to continue together with other like-minded countries to have a common approach with China, says Hans Wallenmark, foreign policy spokesman for the Moderates.