China News Service, July 10, according to Agence France-Presse, on the 9th local time, a German government report said that a man in the Chancellor Merkel’s press office was suspected of spying for Egypt. The investigation is still ongoing.
Data map: German Chancellor Angela Merkel. China News Service reporter Peng Dawei
According to reports, according to the report, the police implemented “administrative measures” against the man in December 2019 because he was found to have “worked for Egyptian intelligence agencies for many years”.
The report quoted the German "Photo" as saying that the man worked in the visitor service department of the German Federal Government Information Office, and the head of the office was the German government spokesman Steffen Seibert. This man is a middle-level employee, which means he has completed relevant examinations and at least two years of vocational training.
The investigation is still ongoing.
A spokesman for the German Federal Government Information Office told AFP that they would not comment on ongoing investigations or personnel issues.