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Former AfD Aide Faces Dresden Trial Over Alleged China Espionage

Judges dismissed challenges to surveillance data at the opening session of a trial slated for 13 hearings through September.

Angeklagter Jian G. im Oberlandesgericht Dresden, vor sich eine Tasche von DM
Der Hauptangeklagte Jian G. (r) wird vor Prozessbeginn in den Gerichtssaal geführt. Ein früherer Mitarbeiter des damaligen AfD-Europaabgeordneten Krah muss sich wegen Agententätigkeit für einen chinesischen Geheimdienst vor Gericht verantworten. Der Prozess beginnt am Dienstag am Oberlandesgericht Dresden. Auf der Anklagebank sitzt zudem eine mutmaßliche Komplizin.
Vorsitzender Richter Hans Schlüter-Staats

Overview

  • The espionage trial against Jian G. and co-defendant Jaqi X. opened Tuesday in a high-security courtroom at the Dresden Higher Regional Court.
  • Defense motions to suppress wiretap recordings and other surveillance evidence were turned down, allowing prosecutors to use intercepted communications at trial.
  • Prosecutors allege the former AfD parliamentary assistant spied for Chinese intelligence since 2002 by passing more than 500 EU documents and military flight data.
  • Jian G. has remained silent in court while his lawyer maintains he worked only as a parliamentary aide and never as a foreign agent.
  • Jaqi X. admitted supplying flight and cargo details from Leipzig/Halle Airport but insists she believed she was aiding legitimate China-Germany cooperation.