China rejected the accusations of German espionage against its country

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting Germany’s “D Site” publication, the Chinese Embassy in Germany denied the accusation of espionage.

According to the state news agency Xinhua, the Chinese Embassy in connection with the arrest of three Germans on charges of China’s secret and espionage services said: We ask the German side to stop espionage accusations to politically manipulate China’s image and defame this country.

These three German citizens A married couple and another man were arrested in the states of Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia on charges of spying for China. Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office accuses one of those arrested of obtaining information about innovative technologies that could be used militarily on behalf of China. It is said that he used a German couple for this purpose. All three suspects are accused of acting as secret service agents and violating the foreign trade law.

The German Federal Prosecutor General in Karlsruhe said: This case involves research projects. It is possible that they can be especially useful for expanding China’s naval combat power. Accordingly, work for China’s secret service began at an undisclosed date before June 2022.

Germany’s federal prosecutor said one of the men acted as an agent of an employee of the service. China’s secret MSS operated in this Asian country. On behalf of this service, he obtained “information about innovative technologies that can be used militarily.” For this purpose, he was also in contact with two other people who were arrested, who are a married couple. Cooperation with people from German science and research works.” The couple concluded a cooperation agreement for the transfer of science with a German university through their company. to be used, has done. In addition, they are said to have procured special MSS lasers for a fee and exported them to China without authorization. This instrument is subject to the so-called dual-use regulations of the European Union. Dual purpose goods are goods that can be used for both military and civilian purposes. It is basic. During these arrests, their homes and workplaces were searched. The Penal Law provides a fine or imprisonment of up to five years for the crime of acting as a secret service agent, and in certain cases, imprisonment of up to ten years.

The German media also reported today that the German Federal Attorney General, Jian Jie, has arrested the main candidate of the extreme Alternative for Germany party for the European elections, Rahm, on similar charges.

Jianjie was arrested in Dresden last night. According to information from ARD-Hauptstadtstudio, RBB and SWR, Germany’s Federal Prosecutor General accuses the 43-year-old man of being a secret service agent for a foreign power – specifically, G. is said to have worked for China’s secret service .

G. He works as an aide to Maximilian Kerr, an MEP from the far-right Alternative for Germany party, and is said to be living in Brussels and Dresden. Investigators believe that in this role he passed information on parliamentary operations to China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS). In particular, they accuse him of spying on members of the Chinese opposition in Germany.

Jay has been a German citizen for several years, but he has Chinese roots. He came to Dresden as a student in 2002 and eventually worked as a businessman. He was temporarily a member of the Social Democratic Party. Over the years, he is said to have met with Maximilian Kerr, who worked as a lawyer in Dresden, in connection with starting a company.

Last year, the t-online news portal first published a report on Kera’s dubious ties to China, as well as on his assistant G. and the establishment of China-related companies and associations. When Kerr entered the European Parliament for the AfD in 2019, he hired G. as an assistant. They were accused of spying for China. The case relates to alleged offenses between the end of 2021 and February 2023 that were “designed to benefit the enemy directly or indirectly,” the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Monday.

The men accused of spying for China, who are 29 and 32 years old, are scheduled to appear in a London court on Friday.

Britain’s counter-terrorism police announced in September 2023 that they had arrested the two men in March. Media reports at the time said one of the men, while working as a research assistant in Parliament, had been with members of parliament. The ruling Conservative Party has been in contact, including Security Minister Tom Stimhat. However, Stimhat is said to have had only limited contact with the suspect, and that was before he took up his post as minister.

The case also caused diplomatic tensions in September, with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak accusing Beijing of “interference” in parliamentary democracy in light of the investigation reacted and “categorically” denied the espionage accusations.

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