LONDON, June 20: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is seeking political asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, has breached bail conditions and faces arrest, police said on Wednesday.

Assange spent the night in the embassy in central London on Tuesday after making a dramatic bid to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over alleged sex crimes. With time running out in his marathon legal battle to avoid being sent to Stockholm, the 40-year-old Australian walked into the embassy on Tuesday and claimed asylum under the United Nations human rights declaration.

Ecuador has said it is examining the request, the latest twist in a case dating back to December 2010 when the founder of the whistle-blowing website was first detained in London on a European arrest warrant.

Ana Alban, the Ecuadorian ambassador, said in a statement on Wednesday that she had held “cordial and constructive” talks about the asylum bid with Britain's Foreign Office.

“I also emphasised to the UK government that it was not the intention of the Ecuadorian government to interfere with the processes of either the UK or Swedish governments,” she added.—AFP