BEIJING (AP) — The Swedish Embassy in China says its ambassador is under internal investigation.
The embassy said Thursday that Ambassador Anna Lindstedt has returned to Stockholm to meet with officials from the foreign affairs ministry. She is not under criminal investigation.
Lindstedt left Beijing on Wednesday, according to the embassy, which declined to give further details.
Her departure comes after Angela Gui, the daughter of detained Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai published an account Wednesday detailing a "strange" meeting with a pair of Chinese businessmen arranged by Lindstedt.
Gui wrote on Medium, an online publishing platform, that the businessmen threatened her after offering to help secure her father's release from prison in China.
Gui Minhai, a naturalized Swedish citizen, co-owned a Hong Kong store which sold gossipy books about Chinese leaders.
