Krah: Knew Jian G. since 2015

After the initial shock in the espionage affair, the AfD has now switched from defense to attack mode and is positioning itself as the victim of a possible campaign. "There is a suspicion that this man was deliberately targeted at the AfD by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution in order to harm our party," Saxony's AfD leader Jörg Urban said earlier this week about the Jian G. case. Party leader Chrupalla had said at the AfD's election campaign kick-off that it was adventurous "by what means our party is to be destroyed".

It is known that Jian G. had tried to work for the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) a few years ago, but the BND refused to cooperate, according to dpa information. According to reports, the man later approached the Saxon Office for the Protection of the Constitution. "Bild" had reported, citing intelligence service files, that the Saxon Office for the Protection of the Constitution had registered G. as an informant in 2007. He had provided information about possible activities of Chinese intelligence services in Germany, for example against Chinese opposition members and information about people, companies and groups with possible contacts to Chinese intelligence services. Eight years later, however, according to this information, he himself was targeted by the intelligence services on suspicion of being a double agent.