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Meng Hongwei, the director of Interpol, is reportedly missing. His wife last had contact with him before he went to China about a week ago.Meng Hongwei, the director of Interpol, is reportedly missing. His wife last had contact with him before he went to China about a week ago.
Meng's disappearance is being investigated by French police, according to media citing police sources. His wife, who lives in Lyon, France, the seat of the Interpol headquarters, reported him missing in late September. Meng was heading to his native China. Interpol, an organization that is supposed to be capable of locating anyone anywhere in the world, is missing its own director. Chinese politician Meng Hongwei, head of Interpol since 2016, fell off the radar in late September, and the French police have reportedly started looking for him.
Meng, 64, has been the president of Interpol for almost two years. In China, he holds the post of deputy minister of public security – currently the highest point of a 45-year-long political career. The list of jobs he has held also include the director of China's coast guard and deputy director of the State Oceanic Administration, dissolved earlier this year. Meng and his family reside in Lyon, France, the seat of Interpol headquarters. His wife reported him missing after he took a trip to China on September 29, and hasn't been heard from since. It's unclear whether Meng actually got to China.
Meng is the first Chinese national to head the Interpol throughout its 95-year history. Interpol itself has been vague about the search for its director. Meng's whereabouts is "a matter for the relevant authorities in both France and China," its press office said in a statement. Meng is, apparently, not essential for Interpol's day-to-day operations, which are handled by its secretary general Jurgen Stock.
Chinese authorities have made no official statement about Meng's disappearance or the investigation so far. Neither Paris nor Beijing, where Meng holds the post of deputy public security minister, have made any official public statement yet.
The scarcity of details surrounding the disappearance of the world's top international policeman are certain to feed the mystery and provide fertile ground for speculation. One theory that has already surfaced – although admittedly a "pure guess" – is that Meng's own government got to him for getting too close to foreign officials.
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