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| Interpol says no option but to accept China's removal of its chief | Interpol says no option but to accept China's removal of its chief |
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| Interpol must accept the resignation of its Chinese boss, who is detained in China on charges of accepting bribes, the organisation’s secretary general has said. | Interpol must accept the resignation of its Chinese boss, who is detained in China on charges of accepting bribes, the organisation’s secretary general has said. |
| Interpol, which coordinates police work across the world, has been “strongly encouraging China to provide us with more details, more information” on what exactly took place when then-director Meng Hongwei was reported missing in early October, Juergen Stock told a news conference at Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France. | Interpol, which coordinates police work across the world, has been “strongly encouraging China to provide us with more details, more information” on what exactly took place when then-director Meng Hongwei was reported missing in early October, Juergen Stock told a news conference at Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France. |
| The body investigating Meng, China’s National Supervisory Commission, can hold suspects for as long as six months without providing access to legal counsel. | The body investigating Meng, China’s National Supervisory Commission, can hold suspects for as long as six months without providing access to legal counsel. |
| French investigate after Interpol chief Meng Hongwei goes missing | |
| “We have to accept, like we would accept with any other country, that this country [China] is taking sovereign decisions and if that country tells us ‘We have investigations, they are ongoing, and the president has been resigning, he’s not a delegate of the country anymore,’ then we have to accept,” Stock said. | “We have to accept, like we would accept with any other country, that this country [China] is taking sovereign decisions and if that country tells us ‘We have investigations, they are ongoing, and the president has been resigning, he’s not a delegate of the country anymore,’ then we have to accept,” Stock said. |
| Meng, who had travelled back to China, was reported missing by his wife who had stayed at home in the south-eastern French city of Lyon. | Meng, who had travelled back to China, was reported missing by his wife who had stayed at home in the south-eastern French city of Lyon. |
| China then informed Interpol that Meng had resigned as the organisation’s president, before saying he had been charged with accepting bribes. | China then informed Interpol that Meng had resigned as the organisation’s president, before saying he had been charged with accepting bribes. |
| Stock said he had no further details and could only say that the bribery charges were not linked to Meng’s work at Interpol. | Stock said he had no further details and could only say that the bribery charges were not linked to Meng’s work at Interpol. |
| “There’s no reason for me to suspect that anything was forced or wrong” regarding the resignation, Stock said. | “There’s no reason for me to suspect that anything was forced or wrong” regarding the resignation, Stock said. |
| Meng’s successor is to be appointed later this month at Interpol’s general assembly in Dubai. | Meng’s successor is to be appointed later this month at Interpol’s general assembly in Dubai. |
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