China's Ministry of Public Security disclosed yesterday (October 8) that Vice Minister Meng Hongwei was under investigation by the State Supervisory Commission for accepting bribes and being suspected of violating the law.Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi presided over a meeting of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security of the Communist Party of China in the early hours of yesterday, saying that Meng Hongwei's investigation was the result of his willful actions and his own fault. The investigation of Meng Hongwei was very timely, completely correct, and very wise.
The official website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced the day before yesterday that it had conducted a surveillance investigation on Meng Hongwei, confirming that Meng Hongwei, who has been missing for several days and has attracted international public attention, has been detained.It is reported that Meng Hongwei, then chairman of Interpol, was taken away by the National Supervisory Commission as soon as he returned to Beijing at the end of September.Interpol confirmed the day before yesterday that Meng Hongwei has formally resigned as the chairman of the organization.
Relevant sources analyzed the Lianhe Zaobao, and the party committee meeting of the Ministry of Public Security revealed that Meng Hongwei accepted bribes and was suspected of breaking the law. In other words, Meng Hongwei was investigated mainly because of economic and corruption issues.As for the widespread rumors that Meng Hongwei was investigated because of his close relationship with Zhou Yongkang, former member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, although this factor cannot be ruled out, it will not be the main reason.
Because Zhou Yongkang was sentenced to life in June 2015, officials close to him have already been screened many times.If Meng Hongwei is really Zhou Yongkang's confidant, he is unlikely to serve as the deputy minister of public security for a long time after Zhou is sentenced, especially he will not be the chairman of Interpol, which may be stranded abroad.
Analysts pointed out that Meng Hongwei's sudden disappearance while he was the chairman of Interpol will definitely attract the attention of international public opinion. Moreover, Meng Hongwei's wife is still in France and has held a press conference to appeal for Meng Hongwei's grievances.It is impossible for the officials to be unaware of these consequences, but the officials still detained Meng Hongwei, which shows that the Meng Hongwei case may have happened hastily. The officials were worried that news would leak and Meng Hongwei would be stranded abroad, so they decided to take measures against him.
The Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security held an emergency meeting yesterday morning to report the details of Meng Hongwei's case, which also shows that Meng Hongwei's case came rather suddenly.
The meeting of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security required that we resolutely implement the spirit and requirements of the Party Central Committee, organize special work classes, and investigate and deal with those suspected of accepting bribes with Meng Hongwei in accordance with the law.We must strictly abide by organizational discipline and work discipline, strictly implement the regulations on strict management of cadres, resolutely obey organizational decisions, resolutely implement organizational deployments, and never allow bargaining conditions or prices with organizations.
Analysts believe that this shows that Meng Hongwei did not take bribes alone, but that there are people who took bribes together, and these people may be inside the public security system, so the Ministry of Public Security must organize a special team to investigate and deal with it.
The meeting of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Public Security also required that the ideological consciousness, political consciousness, and action consciousness of being loyal to the core, supporting the core, maintaining the core, and defending the core should be continuously strengthened, and resolutely safeguard the core position of the Party Central Committee and the entire party of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China;Understand the serious harm that Meng Hongwei has caused to the party and public security cause by accepting bribes and being suspected of violating the law, and learn a profound lesson;
Resolutely and thoroughly eradicate the influence of Zhou Yongkang's poisoning, and continuously promote the construction of a clean and honest government and the fight against corruption in public security organs;Have a good family and family relationship.
Meng Hongwei, 65, was the assistant minister of public security.During Zhou Yongkang's tenure as Minister of Public Security, Meng Hongwei was promoted from Assistant Minister of Public Security to Deputy Minister.In February 2014, Meng Hongwei served as the deputy director of the State Oceanic Administration and the director of the China Coast Guard at the ministerial level, and continued to serve as the deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security.
In November 2016, Meng Hongwei was elected as the chairman of Interpol.Before Meng Hongwei was sacked, his ranking in the Ministry of Public Security was second only to State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Executive Vice Minister of the Ministry of Public Security Wang Xiaohong.
Meng Hongwei is also the second deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security to be sacked after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.In December 2013, Li Dongsheng, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security, who was regarded as Zhou Yongkang's confidant, was sacked.In January 2016, Li Dongsheng was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the crime of accepting bribes.
According to a Hong Kong Sing Tao Daily report yesterday, Meng Hongwei was involved in economic issues and other corruption issues, including illegal purchase of real estate in Hong Kong.
