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“The accused repeatedly passed on information about negotiations and decisions in the European Parliament to his intelligence service client,” authorities said.

German police arrested an Alternative for Germany (AfD) aide who works in the European Parliament over accusations he spied for China.

The staffer, named as Jian G. by German authorities, works for MEP Maximilian Krah, who is the AfD’s top candidate in the European Parliament election in June. 

“Jian G. is an employee of a Chinese secret service,” the German Public Prosecutor said in a bombshell statement Tuesday morning. 

“He has been working for a German Member of the European Parliament since 2019. In January 2024, the accused repeatedly passed on information about negotiations and decisions in the European Parliament to his intelligence service client,” the prosecutor added.

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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


German police arrested an Alternative for Germany (AfD) aide who works in the European Parliament over accusations he spied for China.

The staffer, named as Jian G. by German authorities, works for MEP Maximilian Krah, who is the AfD’s top candidate in the European Parliament election in June.

“Jian G. is an employee of a Chinese secret service,” the German Public Prosecutor said in a bombshell statement Tuesday morning.

In January 2024, the accused repeatedly passed on information about negotiations and decisions in the European Parliament to his intelligence service client,” the prosecutor added.

German authorities on Monday also arrested three people suspected of supplying information on military technology to a Chinese intelligence service.

The Chinese Embassy in Berlin denied the allegations, urging Germany “to stop exploiting the espionage accusation to politically manipulate the image of China and defame China,” German public broadcaster Deutschlandfunk reported.


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