Prosecutor Confirms No Link Between UD Employee Case and Medin Release

There is no connection between the assault on a UD employee and the release of journalist Joakim Medin in Turkey, the prosecutor states. These pieces of information are completely caught in the air, but despite this, this narrative is continued, says Mats Ljungqvist to Dagens Nyheter.

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Prosecutor Confirms No Link Between UD Employee Case and Medin Release
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The employee is suspected, according to DN, of gross unauthorized handling of confidential information on probable cause, the higher degree of suspicion. According to previous media reports, the employee is being investigated together with a leading figure in a foreign political movement.

Since the two arrests on May 11 this year, multiple media outlets have reported on an alleged connection to Joakim Medin, who was released from prison in Turkey just days later.

But it's not true, according to the prosecutor, who has already denied an agreement with Turkey.

The reason can only be speculated about. But one gets the feeling that it's some kind of activism. These pieces of information are completely caught in the air, but despite this, the narrative is being spread further with detailed information. But the gist of it is that it's completely fabricated, says Mats Ljungqvist.

He reacts to the fact that the information is being spread.

I almost get the sense that it's like a kind of influence operation. Someone is trying to influence something. Probably the view of the Security Police or possibly the view of the government or so. One can conclude that someone is spinning a narrative here simply.

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