A moment after three people were charged with providing technical knowledge to Chinese intellect, China warned Germany to halt “hyping up” spying risks.
Three of the European government’s people, Herwig F, Ina F, and Thomas R, were charged on Thursday with obtaining “information on modern technology that could be used for military reasons” by the federal attorney’s business.
According to prosecution,” they constantly collected information that could in certain been useful for expanding China’s naval battle power” between February 2017 and April 2024.
Beijing expressed hope on Friday that” Germany will prevent hyping up so-called spy threats from China and no create barriers to the good and robust development of China-Germany relationships.”
” China has often adhered to developing China-Germany relationships based on the principle of mutual regard, non-interference in each other’s interests and… abiding by laws and regulations”, international ministry official Guo Jiakun told a regular news event.
Thomas R, according to the German prosecutors, “acquired an account with the Chinese intelligence service MSS based in China” from 2017.
He is said to have communicated with the married couple Herwig F. and Ina F., who owned a business in Duesseldorf’s western part.
The group was detained in April of this year, and their charges were set for December.
Numerous well-known alleged spying scandals have strained China’s relations with Germany.
In October, a Chinese woman was detained in Germany on suspicion of spying on installations in the defense sector.
The woman allegedly reported Jian G., a far-right German deputy who is currently under arrest, to another suspected Chinese spy in the European Parliament.
After police launched an investigation into a Chinese man allegedly having taken photos of naval installations along Germany’s Baltic Sea coast in December, China’s foreign ministry accused Germany of “manipulation and smearing.”
