German police have arrested an employee of an Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician in the eastern German city of Dresden on suspicion of espionage for China, broadcasters ARD, RBB and SWR reported on Tuesday.

The employee, Jian G, worked as an assistant for the AfD’s top candidate in the European Parliament elections, Maximilian Krah, and lived in Brussels as well as Dresden, according to the broadcasters.

Investigators suspect that he passed on information on parliamentary operations to China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), with a particular focus on Chinese opposition members, said the report.

  • @CyberEgg
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    725 days ago

    AfD is not “conservative right”. AfD is anarchokapitalism with fascist rhetoric

    • Tar_Alcaran
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      1725 days ago

      I would personally put “populist, authoritarian, eurosceptic, anti-immigration, protectionist, deregulation-loving” under “conservative right”.

      But pretty far right, and only slightly conservative.

      • @CyberEgg
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        124 days ago

        That’s what I mean by fascist rhetoric. Their election program is more economically libertarian than the FDP though.