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Ecuador have found a hidden microphone inside its London embassy during a routine sweep according to the country’s foreign minister.
Rocardo Patino said the bug was found inside the office of Ecuadorian ambassador to the UK, Ana Alban, when Patino was visiting Julian Assange, who has been confined to the embassy for the last year to avoid being extradited to Sweden on rape and sexual assault charges.
Speaking at a news conference in Quito, Patino said:
“We regret to inform you that in our embassy in London we have found a hidden microphone”
He said that Ecuador did not announce their find at the time, because they did not want it to overshadow Patino’s visit to London to discuss the Assange situation with British Foreign Secretary William Hague. Continuing, he said:
“We are sorry to say so, but this is another instance of a loss of ethics at the international level in relations between governments”
Ecuador now say they have determined the origin of the device and will announce their discovery to the world in a press conference tomorrow.
Transparency activist group Wikileaks commented on Twitter saying:
‘Infiltrated from all sides’: Bug found in London’s Ecuadorian embassy | RT http://t.co/J4WSnEDIPb #wikileaks #assange #ecuador
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) July 3, 2013
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