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Interpol chief is discovered in Chinese detention and quits his post

Meng Hongwei turned up in police custody and submitted his resignation while under investigation on unspecified corruption charges by China's ruling Communist Party.

Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France
Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France (AN/Leandro Neumann 

Interpol said its missing president Meng Hongwei has turned up and submitted his resignation while in detention by the disciplinary organ of China's ruling Communist Party.

Meng, a Chinese vice minister of public security who was elected president of the 192-nation Interpol organization from 2016 to 2020, went missing days earlier on a trip to China. His wife reported him missing soon after he left their home in Lyon, France, where Interpol is based.

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