Overview
- The main proceedings opened on July 1 at the Higher Regional Court in Dresden, marking Saxony’s first major state security trial of a suspected Chinese intelligence operative.
- Prosecutors accuse former AfD aide Jian G. of working for a Chinese intelligence service since 2002 and collecting over 500 European Parliament documents.
- Co-defendant Yaqi X. is charged with supplying flight, cargo and passenger data from Leipzig/Halle airport related to arms shipments and defense personnel.
- Both defendants have been held in pretrial detention since their arrests.
- The court has scheduled 13 hearings from August 5 through late September to examine evidence and hear witness testimony.