Switzerland post office bank, PostFinance, has announced that they had frozen the accounts of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Twitter updates says the freeze includes a defence fund and personal assets worth 31,000 euros.
On its website, PostFinance said Mr Assange had "provided false information regarding his place of residence during the account opening process.
Wikileaks says it and Mr Assange have lost 100,000 euros in assets in a week.
"Late last week, the internet payment giant PayPal, froze 60,000 euros of donations to the German charity the Wau Holland Foundation, which were targeted to promote the sharing of knowledge via Wikileaks," Wikileaks said in a statement.
Src: [BBC, Twitter update]
PRESS RELEASE
Tue 7 Dec 15.55 GMTJulian Assange Defense Fund frozen.
The Swiss Bank Post Finance today issues a press release stating that it had frozen Julian Assange's defense fund and personal assets (31K EUR) after reviewing him as a "high profile" individual.
The technicality used to seize the defense fund was that Mr. Assange, as a homeless refugee attempting to gain residency in Switzerland, had used his lawyers address in Geneva for the bank's correspondence.
Late last week, the internet payment giant PayPal, froze 60Keur of donations to the German charity the Wau Holland Foundation, which were targeted to promote the sharing of knowledge via WikiLeaks.
WikiLeaks and Julian have lost 100Keur in assets this week.
One of the most fascinating aspects of the Cablegate exposure is how it is throwing into relief the power dynamics between supposedly independent states like Switzerland, Sweden and Australia.
WikiLeaks also has public bank accounts in Iceland (preferred) and Germany.
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