His wife has also applied for asylum in France, saying she feared for her safety and that of their children
BEIJING — The former head of Interpol, a Chinese bureaucrat at the missing persons’ bureau who himself went missing in China, has been stripped of all his positions and expelled from the Communist Party, the party watchdog said Wednesday.
Meng was a member of the party’s powerful central committee and a vice-minister for public security who had become the first Chinese president of Interpol in 2016, part of Beijing’s efforts to garner greater influence in international bodies. There has been no word about Meng since his arrest, although his wife has been pressing his case. She has also applied for asylum in France, saying she feared for her safety and that of their children.
As part of this campaign, China has asked Interpol to issue “red notices” for the repatriation of people it says are corrupt fugitives who should be brought home. As head of Interpol, Meng had power over this process, and also could help Beijing find human rights advocates criticizing Xi’s government from abroad.
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