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Former aide of far-right German EU lawmaker charged with espionage

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Maximilian Krah was the top candidate of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in last year's European Parliament elections.

His former aide, identified as Jian G , has been working for a Chinese secret service since 2002 .

He was arrested in April 2024 on accusations of particularly serious espionage.

He is said to have obtained more than 500 documents that the European Parliament had categorized as particularly sensitive.