BERLIN (AP) 鈥� Germany鈥檚 federal prosecutor office said it arrested an American citizen on Thursday who allegedly spied for China.
The office said that the suspect, who was only identified as Martin D., was arrested in Frankfurt and that his home was being searched.
The accused, who until recently worked for the U.S. Armed Forces in Germany, is strongly suspected of having agreed to act as an intelligence agent for a foreign secret service, the statement said.
Earlier this year, he contacted Chinese government agencies and offered to transmit sensitive information from the U.S. military to a Chinese intelligence service, according to an investigation by Germany鈥檚 domestic intelligence service.
He had obtained the information in question in the course of his work in the U.S. army, the prosecutor鈥檚 statement said, without giving any further information.
German investigators have exposed several people suspected of spying for China this year.
Last month, German authorities arrested a Chinese national accused of passing information on a major air freight hub to .
And in April, a man who worked for a prominent German far-right lawmaker in the was arrested on suspicion of spying for China.
撸奶社区 of that arrest came a day after and arranging to transfer information on technology with potential military uses were arrested in a separate case.
The Associated Press
