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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