BANGKOK – One of the founders of popular file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has been arrested under an Interpol warrant as he was crossing into Thailand from Laos.
Hans Fredrik Lennart Neij, who uses the alias TiAMO, was detained on Monday by Thai immigration police at a checkpoint in Thailand’s Nong Khai province, about 500 kilometres northeast of Bangkok.
Mr Neij, along with other Pirate Bay co-founders, was convicted of aiding copyright infringement by a court in Sweden in 2009. He fled the country after being released on bail.
Police Commissioner Major General Chartchai Eimsaeng said a US-based movie association had hired a Thai lawyer to search for Mr Neij.
The US movie and music industries have for years pursued strong legal action against sites such as The Pirate Bay, which they say aid the illegal distribution of copyrighted material.
