China says missing Interpol head under investigation

The disciplinary organ of China’s ruling Communist Party says the head of Interpol, a senior Chinese official, is under investigation, on suspicion of unspecified legal violations.

The party’s watchdog for graft and political disloyalty says on its website late Sunday that Meng Hongwei, China’s vice minister of public security, is “suspected of violating the law and is currently under the monitoring and investigation” of China’s new anti-corruption body, the National Supervision Commission.

Meng’s wife tells reporters in the French city of Lyon on Sunday she has not heard from her husband since September 25. She says he sent an image of knife that day, she thinks as a warning he was in danger.

Interpol, which is based in Lyon, said Saturday it made a formal request to China for information about Meng.

— AP

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