Czech Police Detain Individual on Suspicion of Spying for China

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said the implications of the espionage case could be ‘far more serious’ than summoning an ambassador.

ANO party leader Andrej Babiš speaks to the media after he was appointed Czech Prime Minister by the Czech President in Prague on Dec. 9, 2025. Michal Cizek/AFP via Getty Images

Czech authorities announced on Jan. 22 that an individual suspected of working for the Chinese intelligence agency had been detained under a newly enacted espionage law.

“On Saturday, January 17, in the early morning hours, a person suspected of affiliation with the Chinese intelligence service was detained by the Czech Police,” the Czech intelligence agency, the Security Information Service (BIS), said in a translation from Czech on the social media platform X.