Germany has arrested a national on charges of spying for the Chinese secret service and leaking information from the European Parliament, Germany's federal prosecutor's office said on Tuesday.
The man was also accused of spying on members of the Chinese opposition in Germany, according to a CNBC translation.
The alleged spy was named as Jian G. and identified as an employee of a German member of the European Parliament since 2019.
"If it is confirmed that there was espionage for Chinese intelligence services from within the European Parliament, then that would be an attack on European democracy from within.
The ministry also said it hoped that Germany would stop using the so-called spy threat to manipulate political narratives, according to Reuters.
Persons:
Scholz, Jian G, Maximilian Krah, Nancy Faeser
Organizations:
Tongji University, CNBC, Reuters
Locations:
China, Germany, Brussels