China Sentences Former Interpol Chief to 13 Years for Accepting Bribes

Interpol President, Meng Hongwei, walks toward the stage to deliver his opening address at the Interpol World congress in Singapore on July 4, 2017. Wong Maye/AP

BEIJING—China has sentenced the former president of Interpol, Meng Hongwei, to 13 years and six months in prison for accepting more than $2 million in bribes.

Meng was elected president of the international police organization in 2016, but his four-year term was cut short when he vanished after traveling to China from France in late 2018.