A man who worked for a prominent German far-right MP in the European Parliament has been convicted of spying for China for more than four years.

Jian Guo, a German citizen, was accused of working for a Chinese intelligence service and of repeatedly passing on information on negotiations and decisions in the EU Parliament between September 2019 and April 2024, when he was arrested.

He was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison in the Dresden Higher Regional Court, DPA reported. He denied wrongdoing during a court hearing last week.

China's foreign ministry last year said reports in Europe about Chinese spying are all "hyping up with an aim to smear and suppress China."

Guo also snooped on Chinese dissidents in Germany and gathered information on prominent politicians with the

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