Learn more

Investigators in Brussels have searched the European Parliament office of far-right German legislator Maximilian Krah in connection with suspected espionage by his former assistant, Jian Guo, German prosecutors said on Tuesday. German police arrested Guo on suspicion of espionage on April 22. Krah, a leading member of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Europe, fired Guo following the allegations that the parliamentary aid was spying for China. In a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, Krah said: “Today, my ex-employee’s office in Brussels was searched. This was to be ex…