Meng Hongwei is currently under investigation by China's State Supervisory Commission.(Reuters)
The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) said on Sunday (7th) that Meng Hongwei, the chairman of the organization, had resigned.Chinese officials have confirmed that Meng Hongwei is suspected of violating the law and is currently under investigation by the State Supervisory Commission.
Interpol issued a statement saying: The General Secretariat of Interpol in Lyon, France received the resignation letter from Mr. Meng Hongwei on October 7. He resigned as the chairman of Interpol with immediate effect.
Interpol did not say why Meng Hongwei resigned.
The 64-year-old Meng Hongwei lives with his family in Lyon, France. He lost contact with his family after returning to China at the end of September, which aroused concern from the outside world.
Meng Hongwei's wife said in an interview on the 7th that her husband sent a message asking her to wait for his call before he disappeared, but later sent her a picture of a knife, and there was no news after that.In this way, she believes, her husband was trying to show that he was in danger. Earlier report: Meng Hongwei mysteriously disappeared, Beijing is still silent
The mysterious disappearance of Meng Hongwei, chairman of Interpol and vice minister of the Ministry of Public Security of China, has attracted the attention of French and international media, but Beijing remained silent yesterday (October 6).
Jurgen Stock, the Secretary-General in charge of Interpol's daily work, issued a statement on the organization's official website yesterday, saying: Interpol has asked the Chinese authorities to clarify the current status of Interpol Chairman Meng Hongwei through official law enforcement channels.status.The Interpol General Secretariat is looking forward to an official response from the Chinese authorities regarding the chairman's well-being.
Comprehensive reports from Agence France-Presse and AFP. Yesterday, none of the Chinese official media mentioned Meng Hongwei's whereabouts. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Public Security did not respond to media inquiries.
In the leadership information section of the official website of the Ministry of Public Security, Meng Hongwei was still listed as the second-ranked deputy minister yesterday.The last official event was in Beijing on August 23 when he met Li Zhonghan, the Second Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs of Singapore who was visiting China.
The South China Morning Post Sing Tao Daily quoted sources as saying that the 64-year-old Meng Hongwei returned to China in late September and was taken away as soon as he landed.He is known to have been involved in financial and other corruption issues, including buying real estate in Hong Kong in violation of regulations.
Meng Hongwei's wife, who lives in Lyon, France, reported the incident to the French police recently, which brought the incident to light.Zhang Lifan, an independent scholar and commentator in Beijing, believed in an interview with Ming Pao that Meng Hongwei's wife chose to seek help from the French police in order to attract international attention and force Beijing to give an account.
Since the Chinese media did not report the news of Meng Hongwei's disappearance, Chinese netizens took the opportunity to discuss it. Many old news about Meng Hongwei began to flood in with new comments from netizens, including party members who talked with organizations.People call the police, what kind of logic is this.
Meng Hongwei was promoted to vice minister of the Ministry of Public Security and a member of the party committee in 2004. The minister of public security at that time was Zhou Yongkang, a former member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China, who has now been deposed and imprisoned.Meng Hongwei became the chairman of Interpol in November 2016. He was the first Chinese to take up the post. His term of office was supposed to end in 2020.The positions of the chief of the bureau, the chief of the Coast Guard, and a member of the party committee of the Ministry of Public Security have sparked speculation about his career path.
