Cambodia has deported Gottfrid "Anakata" Svartholm Warg, cofounder of the Pirate Bay, according to a spokesperson from the Swedish Foreign Ministry. He was arrested last week at his apartment in Phnom Penh. A press representative, reached in Stockholm, declined to give further details.

“Since he left Cambodia, he's no longer a consular case for the foreign ministry,” said Linn Duvhammar, the spokesperson, in an interview with Ars. “I have to direct all questions to the Swedish National Police.”

Svartholm apparently was forced to board a flight from Phnom Penh to Stockholm via Bangkok on Monday.

The Swedish developer, along with three others, was convicted by a Swedish court in 2009 on the charge of “assisting in making copyrighted content available.” Very little of the $6.5 million that they were ordered to pay has been collected, and all four defendants no longer live in Sweden. In February 2012, the Supreme Court of Sweden declined to hear the case.

Attempts to contact Svartholm's Cambodian and Swedish counsel were unsuccessful.

No direct route

Because Cambodia and Sweden do not have an extradition treaty, Cambodian authorities appear to have deported him under the alleged charge that he had an expired visa. There is speculation that Svartholm's arrest may also have to do with his activities as cofounder of PRQ, the Swedish Web host that provided hosting to WikiLeaks.

However, his Swedish friend and fellow activist Niklas Femerstrand has said publicly this may not be accurate.

“Even though his passport had been revoked when he became internationally wanted by Interpol, Gottfrid still had a valid visa until the day of his arrest,” he wrote Monday in a guest post on TorrentFreak.

Femerstrand also argued that by using this tactic of deportation rather than extradition, local authorities did not comply with local law requiring the government to provide him with legal counsel to challenge the ruling, nor inform Svartholm Warg he had the decision of where to go from Cambodia.

Press reports seem to indicate that Svartholm Warg is at present en route to Stockholm via Bangkok.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if he starts protesting in Bangkok and refuses to board the plane,” Femerstrand told the Phnom Penh Post. “This is not the first time he’s dealt with law enforcement. They’re not going to get him so easily.”