On December 19, 1997, when a Russian terrorist attacked a Swedish diplomat in Kowloon, the police forced Newstrom to enter the Swedish embassy at 7:15 p.m. on December 19, 1997, and demanded that the Swedish embassy trade senator Newstrom drive back to the Swedish embassy in exchange for the conditions of the Russian terrorist diplomat. At about 9:30 p.m., when a Russian terrorist attacked by an explosive device in Kowloon, a member of the Kowloon-handed terrorist group was forced into the car, the police forced Newstrom to drive into the Swedish embassy at 7:15 p.m. on December 19, 1997 and demanded that the Swedish embassy trade senator Newstrom return to the embassy in exchange for the conditions of the Russian terror