CANBERRA, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ruled out any "special treatment" for Julian Assange after his arrest in London.
As an Australian citizen, Assange was arrested on Thursday in London's Ecuadorian embassy after the country ended his political asylum over "discourteous and aggressive behavior" after seven years.
The founder of WikiLeaks was found guilty of breaching bail at Westminster Magistrates Court and will face up to 12 months' imprisonment, according to the report of The Australian.
The United States has also lodged an extradition request for Assange, alleging that he engaged in a conspiracy with Chelsea Manning to leak classified data.
Morrison said that the government has received a request for consular assistance from Assange, who also stands accused of sexual assault in Sweden -- the charge that initially prompted him to seek asylum.
"He will get the consular assistance as you would expect him to but he will have to make his way through whatever has come his way in terms of the justice system there," the prime minister told reporters on Friday.
"He won't be getting special treatment from Australia. He will be getting the same treatment that any other Australian would get in circumstances," Morrison said.
"When Australians travel overseas and the find themselves in difficulties with the law, they face the judicial systems of those countries," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
"It doesn't matter what particular crime it is that they're alleged to have committed, that's the way the system works," Morrison said.
Sweden is reportedly considering re-opening the sexual assault charges.
