(CNN) -- Swedish authorities will question WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange about the allegation that he molested a woman in Sweden, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
They dropped a separate investigation into a charge of rape involving another woman.
Chief prosecutor Eva Finne said there was "suspicion about criminal activity" with regard to the molestation claim, and ordered an investigator to interrogate Assange. The charge does not necessarily imply sexual contact.
Assange did not immediately respond to the announcement but has said the allegations are baseless and part of a smear campaign.
He came to international attention recently when his website published 76,000 documents related to the war in Afghanistan, angering the United States, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, which is also mentioned in the papers.
WikiLeaks said Tuesday it would release a "CIA paper tomorrow," with no further details.
Assange's lawyer Wednesday welcomed the dropping of the rape charge.
"This is really good news, almost 100 percent good news. Now the most severe accusation is gone and we are only left with a minor accusation of molestation which in this country normally results in a fine at most," Leif Silbersky told CNN by phone from Stockholm, Sweden. CNN
