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Meng Hongwei

The Chinese head of Interpol vanished in September 2018 after returning to his homeland. In October 2018, Interpol said Meng Hongwei had resigned and the Chinese government confirmed his detention, saying he was under investigation for possible criminal activity.

Born

Nov 1953

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Politics

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Former President of Interpol

last updated:

7 October, 2024

Grace Meng, wife of Meng Hongwei, pictured during her interview with the Associated Press in France on November 16. Photo: AP

China’s Communist Party

As I see it | Why Grace Meng’s injustice claims won’t spark a Peng Shuai-style outcry

The wife of ex-Interpol chief Meng Hongwei has described the Chinese government as a ‘monster’ but there’s been little support for her claims that her husband was punished for being a reformer.

26 Nov 2021 - 10:30AM

Meng Hongwei

As I see it | Why Grace Meng’s injustice claims won’t spark a Peng Shuai-style outcry

The wife of ex-Interpol chief Meng Hongwei has described the Chinese government as a ‘monster’ but there’s been little support for her claims that her husband was punished for being a reformer.

China’s nominee to Interpol committee opposed by lawmakers from 20 countries

China’s anti-graft body lays bare ex-Interpol chief’s ‘decadent’ lifestyle

China’s ex-Interpol president Meng Hongwei jailed for 13½ years for corruption

Country’s first head of global policing agency abused his previous positions in China to receive US$2 million in bribes between 2005 and 2017, Chinese court rules.

Exclusive | Wife of ex-Interpol chief sues agency, accuses it of ‘complicity with China’

In lawsuit filed with the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Grace Meng asserts the global policing body threatened her if she spoke out.

Former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei admits taking US$2 million in bribes

The ex-chief of the global policing body faces trial in northern China after last being seen in France in September.

Beijing confirms nomination of ex-Hong Kong police chief to lead UN agency

The nomination is China’s first attempt to fill a top position at a major international body since it detained Meng Hongwei, then head of Interpol, last year.

Exclusive | Man who oversaw Occupy teargassing should have top UN crime job: Beijing

The nomination of Andy Tsang is Beijing’s first attempt to fill a top position at a major international organisation since it arrested Interpol chief Meng Hongwei.

France grants asylum to wife of ex-Interpol chief detained in China

Grace Meng’s lawyers argue she would be in danger in China after criticising authorities for the handling of her husband Meng Hongwei’s case.

Chinese ex-Interpol chief Meng Hongwei to face trial in Tianjin

Official accused of taking ‘huge amounts of bribes’, Supreme People’s Procuratorate says on conclusion of its investigation.

China’s former Interpol president arrested on bribery charge

Meng disappeared after returning to China from France last year and later sent his wife a message suggesting he was in some kind of danger.

Wife of Meng Hongwei, Interpol ex-chief, slams China detention as ‘political’

Grace Meng blasted a statement by China’s anti-corruption watchdog, which said Meng Hongwei had spent ‘lavish’ amounts of state funds and abused his power. Speaking from France, she said the CCDI had made ‘vague, general, uncorroborated statements’ about her husband.

Wife of vanished Interpol chief urges Macron to raise case with Xi

Xi Jinping will make a state visit to Paris on Monday, where he will meet the French president.

Ex-Interpol chief expelled from China’s top policy advisory body

Meng Hongwei’s wife claims her husband is target of ‘political persecution’.

Interpol ‘not allowed’ to investigate missing Chinese official

Secretary general Juergen Stock says there was ‘no reason for me to [suspect] anything was forced or wrong’ about Meng Hongwei’s resignation letter.

Interpol chief’s wife: ‘Everybody in China is at risk’

Grace Meng told of her ‘hate’ for Chinese officials who had detained Meng Hongwei, saying she refused to meet them alone and calling her husband a victim of political persecution

Move against Interpol chief completes change of guard for China’s police

China Briefing | China’s detention of ex-Interpol chief highlights its flaws

It would have been simple for China to minimise the negative reaction to Meng Hongwei’s arrest, but the way the case was handled has destroyed the international community’s confidence in its leadership of global bodies

China ‘unaware’ of alleged threats against ex-Interpol chief’s wife

Meng Hongwei case serves as a reminder

The detention in a bribery probe of the first Chinese to be president of Interpol underlines the importance of due diligence when appointing people to top jobs.

Ex-Interpol chief ‘was never close’ to disgraced former security tsar

The spectacular rise and fall of China’s Interpol chief Meng Hongwei

Which Chinese hold top jobs at key international bodies?

Meng Hongwei case ‘hits confidence in Chinese leading global bodies’

China accuses former Interpol chief of taking bribes

China confirms detention of former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei

Chinese head of Interpol under investigation for possible criminal activity, China announced late on Sunday, as world police organisation said he had resigned.

Where’s Meng? Interpol presses China on president’s whereabouts

Exclusive | Missing head of Interpol ‘under investigation’ in China

Vice-minister of public security ‘taken away’ after arriving in China by plane from France last week, source says.