A senior Chinese public security official has been elected as president of Interpol, Chinese state media said yesterday, in what could be a boost to Beijing’s domestic anti-graft efforts.
Xinhua news agency said Chinese Deputy Minister of Public Security Meng Hongwei (孟宏偉) had been chosen for the post at the agency’s 85th members’ meeting, but did not give any further details.
The move hands China another leading spot on an international agency and could help facilitate its high-profile efforts to track down Chinese fugitive officials who have fled the country.
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China has worked bilaterally with countries around the world, and through the France-based global police organization, to chase down Chinese suspects as part of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) sweeping crackdown on corruption.
In 2014, China issued an Interpol “red notice,” the closest instrument to an international arrest warrant, for its 100 most-wanted corruption suspects who have fled overseas. It has said it has brought back at least one-third of them so far.
China has been seeking more international cooperation to hunt down suspected fugitives since Xi began the drive against deeply rooted graft about four years ago.
However, Western countries have been reluctant to help or to sign extradition treaties, not wanting to send people back to a country where rights groups say mistreatment of criminal suspects remains a problem.
They also complain China is unwilling to provide proof of their crimes.
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