Overview

• Jian G., a former assistant to AfD politician Maximilian Krah, was convicted in Dresden of secret-service activity and given a four-year, nine-month prison term.
• Investigators said he used his 2019–2024 role in Brussels to obtain more than 500 documents, including material the European Parliament labeled particularly sensitive, and forwarded them to Chinese intelligence.
• Co-defendant Yaqi X., a former logistics employee at Leipzig/Halle Airport, received a suspended sentence of one year and nine months for providing flight, cargo and passenger data, including information tied to alleged arms transports.
• The Federal Prosecutor had sought seven and a half years for Jian G., whose defense challenged classified evidence as opaque while he denied working for any Chinese service.
• A separate probe into Krah over suspected bribery and money laundering linked to China remains active after the Bundestag lifted his immunity and investigators conducted searches.