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High-Security Trial Opens for Ex-AfD Aide Accused of Spying for China

Judges have admitted Huawei phone backups with Leipzig/Halle Airport logistics records into evidence despite defense objections over surveillance legality

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 entered its evidentiary phase on August 5 in Dresden’s Oberlandesgericht high-security chamber.
  • Defense lawyers filed motions to exclude intercepted phone and surveillance data, arguing the evidence was unlawfully obtained, but initial suppression requests were rejected.
  • Prosecutors presented a Huawei handset backup containing dossiers on Chinese dissidents, EU parliamentary documents and AfD travel itineraries.
  • Co-defendant Jaqi X. testified that she supplied detailed flight, cargo and passenger information on military transports from Leipzig/Halle Airport at Jian G.’s direction.
  • AfD lawmaker Maximilian Krah is scheduled to testify in early September amid separate proceedings over alleged payments from his former assistant.