Submission + - Sweden issues remand request in Assange rape case
An anonymous reader writes: Swedish Director of Prosecution, Ms. Marianne Ny, has requested the District Court of Stockholm to detain Mr Assange in his absence. Says Ny: 'I request the District Court of Stockholm to detain Mr. Assange in his absence, suspected of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion. The reason for my request is that we need to interrogate him. So far, we have not been able to meet with him to accomplish the interrogations.' The suspicions against Assange stem from an alleged rape which took place in August in Enköping in central Sweden, three cases of sexual molestation in Stockholm and Enköping, and one case of illegal coercion in Stockholm. If the court grants the request, it would allow authorities to issue an international arrest warrant for Assange.