German authorities have arrested an aide to a high-ranking, far-right member of the European Parliament on suspicion of spying for China, the latest in a number of arrests in Europe linked to alleged Chinese espionage.
German national Jian G, who worked for AfD MEP Maximilian Krah, was arrested by Saxony State criminal police in Dresden and had his residences searched, the prosecutor’s office said early Tuesday. German authorities routinely identify suspects by their first name and first initial of their family name. Prosecutors said he passed on information about “negotiations and decisions in the European Parliament” to China in January.
Krah is the party’s top candidate in those elections. Germany’s interior minister Nancy Faeser said on Tuesday that if the allegations against Jian G are true, it would represent an “attack from within on European democracy.” She also criticized the AfD lawmaker for the saga, alleging that “whoever employs such a person is responsible.” On Monday, three German nationals were arrested on suspicion of violating the Foreign Trade and Payments Act on behalf of China.
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