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| Meng under investigation: China breaks silence on Interpol director disappearance | Meng under investigation: China breaks silence on Interpol director disappearance |
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| Interpol director, Meng Hongwei, who is missing since late September, is under investigation by China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Beijing confirms. | Interpol director, Meng Hongwei, who is missing since late September, is under investigation by China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Beijing confirms. |
| Meng, who resides with his family in the French city of Lyon, fell of the radar after taking a trip back to China on September 29. The Chinese politician has been heading the International Criminal Police Organization since 2016. | Meng, who resides with his family in the French city of Lyon, fell of the radar after taking a trip back to China on September 29. The Chinese politician has been heading the International Criminal Police Organization since 2016. |
| South China Morning Post newspaper previously reported citing a source that the Interpol head was under the government investigation, claiming that he was “taken away” as soon as his plane landed in China. | South China Morning Post newspaper previously reported citing a source that the Interpol head was under the government investigation, claiming that he was “taken away” as soon as his plane landed in China. |
| The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has now confirmed that the official is being under investigation over a serious violation of an unspecified state law. | |
| Meng’s fate has been a mystery for over a week. His wife, Grace Meng, told the journalists that her husband sent her an image of a knife to her phone before his disappearance to signal that he was in danger. The woman read a statement to the journalists in Lyon on Sunday, with her face being concealed from cameras as she said she feared for the safety of her two kids and her own. | |
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