China's embassy in Sweden issues warning to visiting tourists

A screenshot of the official website of Chinese Embassy in Sweden. The embassy issued a warning on Friday to Chinese nationals visiting the country. [Photo: huanqiu.com]

China's Embassy in Sweden issued a warning on Friday to Chinese nationals visiting the country. The statement, published in Chinese, said that Chinese people in Sweden have been the victims of robbery and threats, and that some Chinese tourists were recently "treated harshly by Swedish officials". The embassy said it is "highly concerned about the safety and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens in Sweden", and that it has made representations to Swedish authorities. 

This photo published by the Global Times allegedly shows Swedish police ejecting a Chinese national from a hotel in Stockholm, Sweden on September 2, 2018. [Photo: huanqiu.com]

The statement comes amid claims published by China's Global Times on Saturday that a Chinese tourist and his parents were forcibly ejected from a hotel by police in Stockholm earlier this month and mistreated. According to the Global Times, the authorities in Sweden have not responded to the allegations.