WikiLeaks founder Assange Julian has been released from prison in Britain and is set to face a final court hearing after reaching a plea deal with US authorities that brings to a close his years-long legal drama.
WikiLeaks said Assange was freed on bail from prison in London, where he had been held for five years while he fought extradition to the United States, which sought to prosecute him for revealing military secrets.
He flew out of London on Monday to travel to the Northern Mariana Islands, a US territory in the Pacific where he will plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate national defence information, according to a court document.
A charter plane carrying the 52-year-old landed in Bangkok around 12.30pm yesterday for a scheduled refuelling stop.
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