Top Chinese intelligence agency, former EU ambassador embroiled in German spy investigation

The top Chinese intelligence agency is embroiled in a German inquiry into a former ambassador of the European Union accused of spying for China.

Police raided nine addresses in Berlin and Brussels, as well as the German states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria on Wednesday, targeting the former ambassador, who was not named, and two other people.

“I can confirm that we are carrying out an investigation into intelligence agent activity,” said Markus Schmitt, spokesman for German federal prosecutors, adding that none of the suspects had been arrested.

The news was first reported by Der Spiegel magazine.

The magazine reported that two of the addresses in question were linked to people who provided private and business information to the Chinese Ministry of State Security, the country’s top counter-intelligence and foreign intelligence unit.

The Chinese foreign ministry could not be immediately reached for comment.