Interpol president reported missing after trip to China

[TomSea]

Interpol president reported missing after trip to China

INTERPOL President Meng Hongwei poses during a visit to the headquarters of International Police Organisation in Lyon, France, May 8, 2018. POOL New / Reuters

PARIS — The president of Interpol has been reported missing after traveling to his native China, a French judicial official said Friday.

Meng Hongwei's wife reported Friday that she had not heard from her 64-year-old husband since the end of September, when he left Lyon, France, where Interpol is based, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details of an ongoing investigation.

The official said Meng did arrive in China.

Read more at: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/interpol-president-reported-missing-after-trip-china-n917006

[Sanguine]

The head of Interpol is Chinese?  And, went missing in China?  WTH?

[TomSea]

That is a strange twist and something to keep track of.

[dfwgator]

The head of Interpol is Chinese?  And, went missing in China?  WTH?

You do realize that at one time Reynhard Heydrich was head of Interpol.

[Sanguine]

You do realize that at one time Reynhard Heydrich was head of Interpol.

Well, only because the NAZIs occupied Vienna.

[Sanguine]

A tiny bit more information:  https://ca.news.yahoo.com/interpol-chief-meng-hongwei-under-investigation-china-says-163628737.html

Interpol chief Meng Hongwei under investigation, China says

[mountaineer]

Wife says missing Interpol chief sent knife emoji as danger signal
By Associated Press
October 7, 2018 | 4:37pm


LYON, France — The missing president of the police agency Interpol sent his wife an image of a knife immediately before he disappeared in China, which she believes was his way of saying that he was in danger.

Grace Meng detailed the chilling final exchange of messages with her husband, Meng Hongwei, to reporters Sunday in the French city of Lyon, where Interpol is based.

Apparently confirming her fears for his safety: China announced less than an hour after she spoke that Meng was under investigation on suspicion of unspecified legal violations, making the vice minister for public security and Interpol chief the latest high-profile official to be swept up in a government crackdown.

The disciplinary organ of China’s ruling Communist Party said in a brief statement on its website, Meng was “suspected of violating the law and is currently under the monitoring and investigation” of China’s new anti-corruption body, the National Supervision Commission.  ...  Rest of story at NY Post

[TomSea]

China says ex-Interpol chief focus of bribery probe back home
Tony Munroe, Richard Lough3 Min Read

BEIJING/PARIS (Reuters) - China said on Monday it was investigating former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei for bribery and other violations, days after French authorities said the Chinese official had been reported missing by his wife after traveling to his home country.

Under President Xi Jinping, China has been engaged in a sweeping crackdown on official corruption. On Sunday, Interpol, the France-based global police coordination body, said that Meng had resigned as its president.

“The investigation against Meng Hongwei taking bribes and suspected violations of law is very timely, absolutely correct and rather wise,” China’s Ministry of Public Security said in a statement on its website.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-interpol-missing-investigation/china-says-ex-interpol-chief-focus-of-bribery-probe-back-home-idUSKCN1MI0FO

The last paragraph says the wife is under protection and has received threats.