Military technologies spied on: German couple arrested for spying on China

München – The Federal Prosecutor’s Office has had two suspected spies arrested. The couple Xuejun C. and Hua S. are said to have established contacts with scientists at German universities on behalf of a Chinese secret service.

Investigators searched the accused’s living and working rooms München. At the same time as the arrests, measures were also underway in other federal states, as the Karlsruhe authorities announced. Numerous police officers were deployed in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia.

Ten scientists affected

The suspects are German citizens. According to investigators, the accused sometimes disguised themselves as interpreters and sometimes as employees of an automobile manufacturer. According to the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, their goal: scientific information about high technology that can be used militarily. That’s why the suspects linked up Spies with numerous scientists at German universities Universities and research institutions.

Chair holder in the spies’ sights

The focus was particularly on chair holders from the fields of aerospace engineering, computer science and artificial intelligence. A total of ten researchers are affected who are not currently suspected of the crime and are being questioned as witnesses.

Some scientists were under a pretext China lured. They were supposed to give lectures to a civilian audience for a fee. In fact, these lectures took place in front of members of state-owned defense companies.

The accused are to be brought before an investigating judge on Wednesday. The procedure was carried out in close coordination with the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. The Bavarian State Criminal Police Office is conducting the police investigation.