  We present XMM-Newton observations of AXJ0341.4-4453, a mildly reddened A_V<7
QSO at a redshift of z=0.672. The XMM-Newton spectrum shows a large obscuring
column N_H~10^23 cm^{-2} corresponding to A_V~70, in agreement with previous
results based on the lower limit of the ASCA hardness ratio. The X-ray spectrum
is represented by a 'scattering' model with Gamma~2.0 with the scattered
power-law normalization being a few per cent of the hard component. No FeK line
is detected with a 90 per cent upper limit on its equivalent width of ~360eV.
The large discrepancy between the column density observed in X-rays and that
inferred from the Balmer decrement can be explained by dust sublimation near
the nucleus. Then, the X-ray and the optical obscuration come from two
different regions: the X-ray close to the accretion disk while the optical at
much larger >0.25pc scales.
