US EditionFormer assistant to German AfD politician found guilty of spying for China
Jian Guo was sentenced to nearly five years for spying from 2019 to 2024, passing EU Parliament secrets and surveilling Chinese dissidents, court documents show.
- Jian Guo, a former aide to German lawmaker Maximilian Krah, was convicted of spying for China for over four years, according to the German news agency dpa.
- Guo was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison after passing information on European Parliament activities from September 2019 to April 2024, as reported by dpa.
- Krah's immunity was lifted for a corruption investigation linked to his alleged ties with Chinese sources.
- Krah denies wrongdoing, claiming the allegations are politically motivated.
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The ex-collaborator of a sulphurous member of the German far right was sentenced on Tuesday to a four-year and nine-month prison sentence for espionage to China. ...
A former employee of AfD politician Krah has been convicted of espionage for China. The MP sees himself as a victim, but investigations are also underway against him. Was there any collaboration? By Julie Kurz.
Jian Zhuo was giving China information about the party leadership while working for Maximilian Krach - The prosecutor's office is also investigating the MP himself for bribery
German MEP’s Ex-Employee Convicted of Spying for China
An erstwhile aide in the European Parliament (EP) to the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) MP Maximilian Krah has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for conducting espionage on behalf of China. The court in Germany alleged Jian G. worked for Chinese intelligence since 2002—including between 2019 and 2024, while he was an aide to Krah, who himself served in the EP from 2019–2025 (initially with the AfD). The trial began on Au…
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