30 September 11:28
International
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A former collaborator, Jian Guo, of Maximilian Krah, a sulfurous member of the German far right, was sentenced on Tuesday to four years and nine months in prison for espionage in favor of China.
Maximilian Krah, a member of the radical wing of the Alternative for Germany (AfD, far right) party, the main opposition party in the Bundestag (the lower house of the German Parliament), is also under investigation for corruption and money laundering in connection with China.
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