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Interpol President Meng Hongwei has been detained by Chinese anti-corruption authorities who are investigating him for unspecified crimes. He went missing a week ago after traveling to China from where he is based.
China's National Supervisory Commission "said the report said," Meng was being investigated for suspected serious violations of state law, "the South China Morning Post reported.
His wife, Grace Meng, told reporters in Lyon, France that her husband feels an image of a knife-an apparent symbol of danger-on Sept. 25, just before he disappeared. She says she has no further communications with him.
AP Photo / John Leicester
"In China, what happened, I'm not sure," she said in a press conference, where she asked about her family's safety. She and her children have been placed in protective custody by French authorities.
Meng, in addition to serving as the head of the international agency, is also China's vice minister of public security. A number of high-ranking Chinese officials have been convicted of corruption as part of a power-consolidating crackdown by president Xi Jinping.
