Direct report · The trial of Anna Lindstedt
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7 min08.45
There is a photo and film ban in the courtroom but SVT is in place and will be reporting from inside the courtroom.
SVT · Gilda Hamidi-Nia
11 min08.41
Some parts will happen behind closed doors today.
SVT · Gilda Hamidi-Nia
12 min08.40
Anna Lindstedt's defense in Säpos interrogates: "I saw no risks"
On Friday begins the unique trial of former Swedish Ambassador in Beijing, Anna Lindstedt. She is accused of having negotiated with representatives of Chinese interests on her own initiative. - There was no hidden negotiation, she said in the interrogations of the Security Service.
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SVT · Gilda Hamidi-Nia
13 min08.39
After the first trial last Friday, Defense Attorney Conny Cedermark said:
- Anna Lindstedt has denied crime and done it on very good grounds. Omnipotence is about negotiation and foreign power. None of the prerequisites are met. Therefore, the defense believes in an acquittal.
SVT · Gilda Hamidi-Nia
15 min08.37
Anna Lindstedt has denied the charges and welcomed an investigation.
SVT · Gilda Hamidi-Nia
15 min08.37
The Act on self-sufficiency in negotiation with foreign power reads:
"Swedish citizens, without the permission of the government or the government authorized the sound farming themselves as agents of foreign powers in diplomatic affairs related to the kingdom, so also everyone who the alleged capacity as authorized representative engages in the act of such affair with someone representing foreign power interest, sentenced for self-sufficiency in negotiation with foreign power to prison for a maximum of two years or, if the kingdom was at war, a maximum of four years ”
Source: Chapter 19 of the Criminal Code, fourth paragraph
Chapter 19 of the Criminal Code also includes other crimes against the national security such as high treason, gross espionage and unfaithfulness in negotiating with foreign power.
SVT · Gilda Hamidi-Nia
17 min08.35
Anna Lindstedt is reasonably suspected of being able to negotiate with a foreign power.
SVT · Gilda Hamidi-Nia
17 min08.35
The trial started last Friday and today Anna Lindstedt will be heard. It is the second of seven planned trial days.
SVT · Gilda Hamidi-Nia
17 min08.35
Good morning! Today, the trial against Anna Lindstedt continues, as is this direct report.
SVT · Gilda Hamidi-Nia
5 jun16.39
Then it was time to end this live reporting for today.
We continue on Monday morning when Anna Lindstedt will be heard. Nice weekend!
SVT · Gilda Hamidi-Nia