By Zach Walton
webpronews.com
We brought you word on Tuesday that The Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm was arrested in Cambodia last week.
He is to be deported to Sweden where he faces a one year prison
sentence and a $1.7 million fine. After the arrest, people began to ask
why Cambodia was so dead set on arresting and deporting Svartholm after
he had already been living in the country for a few years. The answer
may lie in a suspicious coincidence.
TorrentFreak
reports today that Sweden has made a generous donation of $59 million
to the country of Cambodia in the form of a care package. The money will
be going to the development of Cambodia’s democracy, education, and
other worthwhile causes. It’s a good move by Sweden, but the timing just
seems a little suspect.
I don’t think anybody would deny the noble intentions of Sweden to
help out their fellow man in a less fortunate nation. It just seems
oddly suspicious that such a gift would come right after Cambodia agreed
to arrest and deport the founder of one of Sweden’s most notorious file
sharing outfits.
For their part, Sweden says the gift is all about strengthening ties
with Cambodia. TorrentFreak points out that the U.S. ambassador to
Cambodia said the same thing
on the day that Svartholm was arrested. I’m willing to chalk all of
this up to coincidence, but you have to admit that it’s one hell of a
coincidence.
Even if it wasn’t a coincidence, Svartholm was still convicted in a
Swedish court. He ran and is now facing the consequences. Sweden has
already proven that they’ll do anything to catch their man, and Svartholm just happened to be that man.
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