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In reply to the discussion: So Let Me Get This Straight !!! - Re: Julian Assange [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)Meanwhile, in Sweden, proceedings have begun to investigate Marianne Ny, the chief Prosecutor in the Julian Assange case, and to discipline Claes Borgstrom, the lawyer representing Anna Ardin and Sofia Wilen, the two women who made complaints against Assange, the editor-in-chief of Wikileaks. The Swedish police may also come under investigation.
On August 2nd, journalists Helene Bergman and Anders Carlgren, via a submission to the Swedish Ombudsman, requested that Marianne Ny be investigated for improprieties with regard to her handling of the Assange case.
Claes Borgstrom is currently facing a legal enquiry into his handling of another, high profile case that of Thomas Quick. Borgstrom was also recently called to the Swedish Bar Association for defamatory declarations he made (and which were published by Aftonbladet) against Assange.
3. The charge sheet against Assange, the witness statements, and the police interviews with Assange and the two complainants were leaked and found their way into the public domain... It transpired that the Swedish police had leaked details of the charges to the right-wing tabloid, Expressen, the day after Ardin and Wilen were interviewed. (Here is the transcript of the interview conducted by the Swedish police with Mr. Assange.) On 10 March 2011, Expressen published a story about the personal and political connection between Irmeli Krans, the police officer who led the interrogation of the two complainants, and Anna Ardin. Krans went on to post negative remarks about Assange on social networking sites.
4. Sofia Wilens interview with the police had not been read nor approved by her and her interview was interrupted by Krans when it became clear that she was upset upon being informed that an order for the arrest of Julian Assange had been issued. Subsequently, it has emerged that the original statements and the ones that were released to the press differed significantly.
http://darkernet.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/wikileaks-under-ddos-attack-swedish-lawyer-prosecutor-and-police-under-investigation-the-details/