US EditionGerman Parliament Removes Immunity of Lawmaker, Police Conduct Search of Residence
The Bundestag's decision enables prosecution of AfD lawmaker Maximilian Krah amid allegations of receiving over $58,000 from Chinese sources and ties to espionage through his former assistant.
- Germany's Parliament lifted the immunity of lawmaker Maximilian Krah, allowing authorities to prosecute him after searches were conducted at his home and offices following court orders.
- Krah is being investigated for alleged bribery and ties to China, with charges being considered by prosecutors.
- The investigations into Krah began after his former aide, Jian Guo, was arrested for spying for China while employed in Krah's office in Brussels, leading to increased scrutiny of Krah.
- Krah has denied the allegations, calling them politically motivated and asserting he had no knowledge of his assistant's alleged spying activities.
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The Bundestag has waived the immunity of the AfD politician Maximilian Krah as well as approved judicial searches and confiscations. Parliament has approved a corresponding request.
The German public prosecutor's office is investigating Maximilian Krah's involvement in a corruption and espionage scandal involving payments from China.
The Bundestag, the German Parliament, revoked the immunity to the deputy of the AfD Ultradestra Maximilian Krah, on whom the Dresden Attorney General investigates for corruption and money laundering. Krah is suspected of having received money from China during his mandate to the European Parliament, between 2019 and 2024: in April last year his parliamentary assistant, Jian Guo, was arrested on the charge of cooperation with the Beijing secret s…
The Bundestag Revokes Immunity From Afd Leader Maximilian Krah After Allegations of Bribery by China
German police have raided the homes and offices of German AfD parliamentarian Maximilian Krah on suspicion of accepting bribes from China and money laundering, according to German media reports. The raids took place almost immediately after the Bundestag revoked Krah's parliamentary immunity on Thursday morning.
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