Espionage cases for the benefit of foreign powers are continuing in Germany. Last week, it was Russia that was concerned. Yesterday, three people were arrested and accused of providing information to Beijing. And Monday evening we learned that a parliamentary collaborator of a European deputy who was arrested. This German-Chinese is working for the head of the list for the June European elections of the far-right AfD party, already shaken by other affairs.
This Tuesday, Beijing denies any “alleged Chinese espionage” and denounces “slander”, after the arrest of this AfD collaborator in the European Parliament, suspected of being a Chinese spy. “The theory of the threat of alleged Chinese espionage is not a new thing in European public opinion,” underlines the spokesperson for Chinese diplomacy, Wang Wenbin. Theory intended to “destroy the atmosphere of cooperation between China and Europe”.
The parliamentary assistant’s relations with his country of origin are not new. Last year he organized trips to China for young executives of the far-right party.
This Tuesday morning, the German Interior Minister described the arrest of the German-Chinese as “extremely serious”.
This article is originally published on fr.news.yahoo.com
