<story><title>Interpol chief Meng Hongwei vanishes on trip to China</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45761466</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sndean</author><text>SCMP says the Chinese government knows where he is: he&amp;#x27;s under investigation [0].&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;The 64-year-old official, who is also a vice-minister at China’s Ministry of Public Security, was “taken away” for questioning by discipline authorities “as soon as he landed in China” last week, according to the source.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.scmp.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;china&amp;#x2F;diplomacy&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;2167213&amp;#x2F;french-police-launch-hunt-missing-chinese-head-interpol-meng&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.scmp.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;china&amp;#x2F;diplomacy&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;2167213&amp;#x2F;fr...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Interpol chief Meng Hongwei vanishes on trip to China</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45761466</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>the_duke</author><text>The more interesting question to me is, how does a country with a human rights record like China get to provide the head of Interpol?&lt;p&gt;edit: President is elected by the General Assembly [1]&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.interpol.int&amp;#x2F;About-INTERPOL&amp;#x2F;Structure-and-governance&amp;#x2F;President&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.interpol.int&amp;#x2F;About-INTERPOL&amp;#x2F;Structure-and-govern...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>