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German academic indicted for spying for China - prosecutors

A German academic identified only as Klaus L. has been charged with regularly passing on information to Chinese intelligence ahead of or after state visits or multinational conferences between 2010 and 2019.

AFP WORLD
Published July 06,2021
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German federal prosecutors said Tuesday they had charged a political scientist with spying for China by exploiting high-level official contacts made via his think tank.

The accused, a German national identified only as Klaus L., is suspected of "regularly passing on information to Chinese intelligence ahead of or after state visits or multinational conferences" between 2010 and 2019.