13-03-2015, 12:38 PM
This might be a game changer. Sweden seeking to interview Assange in London.
Quote:WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange accepts Sweden's offer to question him in Londonhttp://www.straitstimes.com/news/world/e...m-london-2
Published on Mar 13, 2015 6:12 PM
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Picture taken on Aug 18, 2014, shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gesturing during a press conference inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London where Assange has been holed up for two years. Swedish prosecutors have asked for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's approval to question him in London where he is currently holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy, the prosecutors said on Friday. -- PHOTO: AFP
STOCKHOLM (Reuters/AFP) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will accept an offer by Swedish prosecutors to be questioned in London over rape allegations, his lawyer told AFP on Friday. "We are cooperating with the investigation," Mr Per Samuelsson said. "He will accept," he added, adding that his client welcomed the prosecutors' move, which could lead to a breakthrough in the five-year case.
Swedish prosecutors had asked for Mr Assange's approval to question him over allegations of sexual assault in London, where he is currently holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy, the prosecutors said on Friday. The prosecutor is also asking to conduct a DNA test.
The Swedish lawyer also welcomed prosecutors' request on Friday to interview him in London, but said the process could take some time. "We welcome and see it also as a big victory... for Julian Assange that what we have demanded is finally going to happen," Mr Per Samuelson told Reuters..
He said, however, the request was accompanied by a number of formal requirements including that both Britain and Ecuador give their permission for the interview. "That means that could take time, despite the fact that we are in a hurry."
Mr Assange has been stuck inside the South American country's London embassy since June 2012 to avoid a British extradition to Sweden. Sweden wants to question him on allegations of sexual assault and rape, which he denies. The Australian says he fears that if Britain extradited him to Sweden he would then be extradited to the United States, where he could be tried for one of the largest information leaks in US history.
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