Blender crashing when switching to Edit Mode via python

Question

I try to enter edit mode via python after setting up my scene. This causes blender to crash. It seems to be reproducible with a new instance of blender 3.4.1. If I run this script in a new project, it crashes on the second to last line. Basically I want to select a subset of the faces of the monkey, but I first have to enter edit mode, I guess. How can I achieve that and avoid the crash?

# select monkey
import bpy
import bmesh
import mathutils
import numpy as np 


bpy.ops.object.select_all(action='DESELECT')

try:
    bpy.ops.object.mode_set(mode='OBJECT')
except:
    pass

if "Suzanne" not in bpy.data.objects:
    bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_monkey_add()

if "Camera" not in bpy.data.objects:
    bpy.ops.object.camera_add()

cam = bpy.data.objects["Camera"]    

model = bpy.data.objects["Suzanne"]
model.select_set(True)
bpy.context.view_layer.objects.active = model


try:
    bpy.context.scene.collection.objects.link(cam)
except:
    pass

bpy.ops.object.mode_set(mode="EDIT")
bpy.ops.mesh.select_mode(type="FACE")