Suspicion of espionage
Employees of AfD top candidate Krah are in custody
Maximilian Krah during his presentation and election as the top candidate for the European elections at the AfD European election meeting in Magdeburg
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The pressure on the AfD’s top candidate for the European elections, Maximilian Krah, is increasing. An arrest warrant has been issued against his employee Jian G., who is suspected of espionage.
According to the Federal Prosecutor General (GBA), the arrested Jian G. is said to have passed on information from the EU Parliament. Krah is a member of the committees on international trade, but also on the subcommittees on human rights and security and defense, and he is also part of the delegation for relations with the USA. The AfD is entering the European election campaign with him as the top candidate.
According to the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, the employee was arrested by the Saxony State Criminal Police Office on Monday in Dresden. The accused’s apartments were therefore searched.
Krah: I have no further information
Krah explained that he had learned about his employee’s arrest from the press. He doesn’t have any further information. “Spying for a foreign state is a serious accusation. If the allegations prove to be true, this would result in the immediate termination of employment.”
The German citizen G. is said to be an employee of a Chinese secret service. He is said to have worked for Krah since 2019. In January of this year, according to the Federal Prosecutor General, he is said to have repeatedly passed on information about negotiations and decisions in the European Parliament. He also spied on Chinese opposition members in Germany for the intelligence service.