Interpol President Reported Missing During Trip to China

Interpol President, Meng Hongwei, walks toward the stage to deliver his opening address at the Interpol World congress in Singapore on July 4, 2017. In a statement posted on a government website Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, the authorities said Meng Hongwei, China's vice minister for public security, was being investigated due to his own "willfulness and for bringing trouble upon himself." Wong Maye, AP

PARIS—The president of Interpol, a former senior Chinese security official, has been reported missing after he traveled to his native country at the end of September, a French judicial official said on Oct. 5.

Meng Hongwei’s wife reported on Sept. 28 that she had not heard from her 64-year-old husband since he left Lyon, France, where Interpol is based, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details of an ongoing investigation.