Following allegations of espionage against an employee of AfD politician Maximilian Krah, the Federal Prosecutor General searched the Brussels offices of the top candidate for the European elections.
The Federal Prosecutor General has had the Brussels offices of the AfD’s top candidate for the European elections, Maximilian Krah, searched. The reason was apparently the alleged spying for China by one of his ex-employees. The prosecution announced this on Tuesday. Zeit Online and the Tagesschau reported first.
Maximilian Krah is considered a witness in the espionage case
Krah actually enjoys immunity as an EU representative. However, the investigators had previously obtained parliamentary approval.
According to the Federal Prosecutor General, the AfD politician himself is not considered a defendant, but rather a witness in the espionage investigation against his former employee Jian G. The investigators apparently only wanted to find further evidence with the raid. According to media reports, the authorities have been searching G’s former rooms, which are right next to Krah’s, since the morning.
Krah employee is said to have spied for China
The investigators accuse Chinese-born Jian G. of spying for Beijing. G. came to Germany in 2002 and studied, among other things, at the Technical University in Dresden. Krah denied knowing anything about the alleged misconduct of his employee, who had worked for him since 2019 – but the incident has since overshadowed the 47-year-old’s European election campaign. Krah initially stayed away from the start of the election campaign in Hesse last week – probably at the request of the party leadership.
Editor’s note: This article has been updated.
Source: Stern
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