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The Chinese head of Interpol vanished in September 2018 after returning to his homeland. In October 2018, Interpol said Meng Hongwei had resigned and the Chinese government confirmed his detention, saying he was under investigation for possible criminal activity.

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A document circulated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection accuses the former Interpol president of using military officers as his personal servants.

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Country’s first head of global policing agency abused his previous positions in China to receive US$2 million in bribes between 2005 and 2017, Chinese court rules.

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The nomination is China’s first attempt to fill a top position at a major international body since it detained Meng Hongwei, then head of Interpol, last year.

Grace Meng blasted a statement by China’s anti-corruption watchdog, which said Meng Hongwei had spent ‘lavish’ amounts of state funds and abused his power. Speaking from France, she said the CCDI had made ‘vague, general, uncorroborated statements’ about her husband.

Secretary general Juergen Stock says there was ‘no reason for me to [suspect] anything was forced or wrong’ about Meng Hongwei’s resignation letter.

Grace Meng told of her ‘hate’ for Chinese officials who had detained Meng Hongwei, saying she refused to meet them alone and calling her husband a victim of political persecution

The detention in a bribery probe of the first Chinese to be president of Interpol underlines the importance of due diligence when appointing people to top jobs.

Chinese head of Interpol under investigation for possible criminal activity, China announced late on Sunday, as world police organisation said he had resigned.

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