AfD politician's employee arrested on suspicion of spying for China

German police have arrested an employee of an Alternative fà¼r Deutschland politician in Dresden on suspicion of espionage for China, the broadcasters ARD, RBB and SWR have reported. The employee, named as Jian G, worked as an assistant for the AfD's top candidate in the European parliament elections, Maximilian Krah, and lived in Brussels as well as Dresden, the broadcasters report. Investigators suspect he passed on information on parliamentary operations to China's ministry of state security (MSS), with a particular focus on Chinese opposition members, according to the reports. The AfD was not immediately available for comment. The suspect was…