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Ecuadorean judge orders Swedish citizen close to Assange jailed pending trial

Ola Bini, Julian Assange's close friend has been jailed in Ecuador pending trial. [Picture: Courtesy]

An Ecuadorean judge ordered a Swedish citizen, who according to the Andean country’s government was linked to WikiLeaks, jailed pending trial for alleged involvement in hacking government computer systems, the prosecutor’s office said on Saturday.

Ola Bini, who has lived in Ecuador for five years, was detained at Quito airport on Thursday as he prepared to board a flight to Japan, after the country’s interior minister said three foreign citizens had been leaking private information related to the South American country.

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