Overview

• The Oberlandesgericht Dresden opened the first Saxony trial for agent activity on behalf of China against former AfD parliamentary assistant Jian G.
• The Federal Prosecutor charges that Jian G. procured over 500 documents—including some marked as particularly sensitive by the European Parliament—and passed them to a Chinese intelligence service.
• Co-defendant Jaqi X., a Chinese national employed at Leipzig/Halle airport, is accused of supplying detailed flight, cargo and passenger data, notably on arms transports.
• Jian G.’s defense has moved to exclude key wiretap and surveillance evidence, with his lawyers denying any clandestine activity for a foreign power.
• Maximilian Krah is scheduled to testify as a witness in early September, after searches of his Brussels office were conducted during the April 2024 arrest.