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Swedish man jailed in Ecuador over alleged WikiLeaks involvement
Source: The Guardian
Swedish man jailed in Ecuador over alleged WikiLeaks involvement
Authorities investigating whether Ola Bini was working with WikiLeaks and Assange as part of attempt to ‘destabilise’ Ecuador
Dan Collyns
Sat 13 Apr 2019 17.48 BST First published on Fri 12 Apr 2019 05.36 BST
A judge in Ecuador has jailed a Swedish software developer whom authorities believe is a key member of WikiLeaks and close to Julian Assange, while prosecutors investigate charging him with hacking as part of an alleged plot to “destabilise” the country’s government.
Ola Bini, 36, was ordered to held in preventive detention on Saturday pending possible cyber-attack charges and his bank accounts were frozen. Prosecutors were examining dozens of hard drives and other material he had in his possession, according to local media reports.
Bini was arrested at Quito’s international airport on Thursday as he was about to board a flight to Japan. Friends say Bini who describes himself as a “programming language nerd” on his twitter account is being unfairly targeted for his activism on digital privacy.
On Thursday, Ecuador’s interior minister, María Paula Romo, said they had identified a “key member of WikiLeaks” who was “close to Mr Julian Assange”.
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Authorities investigating whether Ola Bini was working with WikiLeaks and Assange as part of attempt to ‘destabilise’ Ecuador
Dan Collyns
Sat 13 Apr 2019 17.48 BST First published on Fri 12 Apr 2019 05.36 BST
A judge in Ecuador has jailed a Swedish software developer whom authorities believe is a key member of WikiLeaks and close to Julian Assange, while prosecutors investigate charging him with hacking as part of an alleged plot to “destabilise” the country’s government.
Ola Bini, 36, was ordered to held in preventive detention on Saturday pending possible cyber-attack charges and his bank accounts were frozen. Prosecutors were examining dozens of hard drives and other material he had in his possession, according to local media reports.
Bini was arrested at Quito’s international airport on Thursday as he was about to board a flight to Japan. Friends say Bini who describes himself as a “programming language nerd” on his twitter account is being unfairly targeted for his activism on digital privacy.
On Thursday, Ecuador’s interior minister, María Paula Romo, said they had identified a “key member of WikiLeaks” who was “close to Mr Julian Assange”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/apr/12/julian-assange-ecuador-arrests-man-with-alleged-links-to-wikileaks
