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Germany: Ex-AfD aide convicted of spying for China

Germany: Ex-AfD aide convicted of spying for China – DW – 09/30/2025

A former assistant to far-right lawmaker Maximilian Krah has been jailed for nearly five years for working with Chinese intelligence. The court said Jian Guo passed on sensitive EU documents and spied...

The Higher Regional Court in Dresden convicted Jian Guo, a German national, of espionage for China on Tuesday.

The judges ruled his intelligence activity while working in the European Parliament for far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician Maximilian Krah constituted a "particularly serious case" of espionage.

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