Interpol Ex-Chief, Missing in China, Said to Be Connected to Purged Security Czar

Meng Hongwei was promoted by Zhou Yongkang, who received a life sentence in 2015

Meng Hongwei, president of Interpol, gives an addresses at the opening of the Interpol World Congress in Singapore on July 4, 2017. - The three-day conference on fostering innovation for future security challenges is taking place from July 4 to 6. (Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP) Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images

Interpol has confirmed that Meng Hongwei, who has been missing since his recent return to China, has resigned from his position as president of the international police agency, while the Chinese regime announced that Meng is under investigation.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may have recalled Meng from Europe to avoid an incident similar to that which occurred in 2012, when Chongqing municipal police Chief Wang Lijun escaped to the U.S. consulate in Chengdu, where he turned over sensitive information to U.S. officials.