LONDON - WikiLeaks website founder Julian Assange is in Britain and police know his whereabouts but have refrained so far from acting on an international warrant for his arrest, a British newspaper said yesterday.
A spokesperson for WikiLeaks said Assange had faced assassination threats and had to remain out of the public eye.
The 39-year-old Australian, who founded the whistle-blowing website that has disclosed a trove of US diplomatic cables, gave British police contact details when he arrived in the country in October, The Independent said.
The newspaper cited police sources, who said they knew where Assange was staying. It added that it was believed he was in southeast England.
The release of sensitive diplomatic cables has angered the US, who has vowed to shut down such activities.
Speaking at an event in London on Wednesday night, WikiLeaks spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson said Assange was working on the project at a secret location.
The international police agency Interpol this week issued a "red notice" to assist in the arrest of Assange, who is wanted in Sweden on suspicion of sexual crimes, but Britain's serious organised crime agency has so far refused to authorise this, the paper said.
WikiLeaks' Assange in UK
LONDON - WikiLeaks website founder Julian Assange is in Britain and police know his whereabouts but have refrained so far from acting on an international warrant for his arrest, a British newspaper said yesterday.
A spokesperson for WikiLeaks said Assange had faced assassination threats and had to remain out of the public eye.
The 39-year-old Australian, who founded the whistle-blowing website that has disclosed a trove of US diplomatic cables, gave British police contact details when he arrived in the country in October, The Independent said.
The newspaper cited police sources, who said they knew where Assange was staying. It added that it was believed he was in southeast England.
The release of sensitive diplomatic cables has angered the US, who has vowed to shut down such activities.
Speaking at an event in London on Wednesday night, WikiLeaks spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson said Assange was working on the project at a secret location.
The international police agency Interpol this week issued a "red notice" to assist in the arrest of Assange, who is wanted in Sweden on suspicion of sexual crimes, but Britain's serious organised crime agency has so far refused to authorise this, the paper said.
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