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Grace Meng, the wife of former Interpol president Meng Hongwei, poses for a photo after an interview with the Associated Press in Lyon, central France, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. In the exclusive interview, Meng chose to show her face for the first time since her husband disappeared in China in 2018, agreeing to be filmed and photographed without the dark lighting and from-the-back camera angles that she had previously insisted on. She did so to be able to speak openly and in unprecedented detail about her husband's imprisonment, herself and the cataclysm that tore them apart. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Former Interpol President Meng Hongwei’s wife slams ‘monster’ China

By John Leicester - Associated Press

In this July 4, 2017, file photo, Interpol President Meng Hongwei delivers his opening address at the Interpol World Congress, in Singapore. China has sentenced the former president of Interpol Meng Hongwei to 13 years and six months in prison on charges of accepting bribes. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Wife: China’s ex-Interpol boss jailed for reformist views

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

In this July 4, 2017, file photo, Interpol President Meng Hongwei delivers his opening address at the Interpol World Congress, in Singapore. China has sentenced the former president of Interpol Meng Hongwei to 13 years and six months in prison on charges of accepting bribes. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Chinese sentences ex-boss of Interpol to 13 years for bribes

Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2018, file photo, Grace Meng, the wife of former Interpol President Meng Hongwei, who does not want her face shown, consults her mobile phone in the lobby of an hotel in Lyon, central France, where the police agency is based. Meng Hongwei has sued the international police agency, accusing it of failing to protect him from arrest in China and failing to protect his family. Grace Meng said in a statement on Sunday, July 7, 2019, that her lawyers filed a lawsuit in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands. She says Interpol “breached its obligations owed to my family” and “is complicit in the internationally wrongful acts of its member country, China.” (AP Photo/John Leicester, File)

Wife of arrested Chinese ex-Interpol president sues agency

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 4, 2017, file photo, then Interpol President Meng Hongwei delivers his opening address at the Interpol World Congress, in Singapore. A Chinese court says former Interpol President Meng has confessed to accepting more than $2 million in bribes and expressed regret for his crime. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

China says Interpol ex-president confesses to bribe taking

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

AP Exclusive: Ex-Interpol chief’s wife gets asylum in France

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 4, 2017, file photo, Interpol President, Meng Hongwei, walks toward the stage to deliver his opening address at the Interpol World Congress in Singapore. Chinese prosecutors on Friday, May 10, 2018, indicted former Interpol president Meng Hongwei on charges of accepting bribes, the latest development in a case that began with his disappearance while on a journey to Beijing. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

China indicts former Interpol chief on bribery charges

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 4, 2017, file photo, Interpol President, Meng Hongwei, walks toward the stage to deliver his opening address at the Interpol World Congress in Singapore. China has formally arrested Meng on suspicion of accepting bribes. The Supreme People's Procuratorate announced the indictment on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

China charges former Interpol president with bribery

Associated Press

FILE - In this July 4, 2017, file photo, Interpol President Meng Hongwei delivers his opening address at the Interpol World Congress, in Singapore. China has expelled former Interpol chief Meng from public office and the ruling Communist Party. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Wife of ex-Interpol president dismisses allegations

Associated Press

FILE - In this July 4, 2017, file photo, Interpol President Meng Hongwei delivers his opening address at the Interpol World Congress, in Singapore. China has expelled former Interpol chief Meng from public office and the ruling Communist Party. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

China expels ex-Interpol president from public office, party

Associated Press

French police end investigation into Interpol disappearance

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

Interpol Secretary General Jurgen Stock poses a the international police agency in Lyon, central France, Thursday, Nov.8, 2018. Stock says that the international police organization's rules forbid him from probing the fate of the man who served as Interpol president until two months ago when he vanished on a trip to China, his homeland. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Interpol: Rules forbid probe of ex-president’s fate in China

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

China says unaware ex-Interpol president’s wife threatened

Associated Press

FILE - In this July 4, 2017, file photo, Interpol President Meng Hongwei delivers his opening address at the Interpol World congress, in Singapore. Chinese authorities say they are investigating the former president of Interpol for bribery and other crimes and indicate that political transgressions may have also landed him in trouble. 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 &quot;willfulness and for bringing trouble upon himself.&quot; (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

APNewsBreak: Chilling call made to wife of ex-Interpol boss

By JOHN LEICESTER and GILLIAN WONG - Associated Press

In this July 4, 2017, file photo, Interpol President, Meng Hongwei, delivers his opening address at the Interpol World congress in Singapore. A French judicial official says Friday Oct.5, 2018 the president of Interpol has been reported missing after traveling to China. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

China accuses ex-Interpol chief of bribery, other crimes

By Gillian Wong - Associated Press

FILE - This Oct.16, 2007 file photo shows the entrance hall of Interpol's headquarters in Lyon, central France. A French judicial official says Friday Oct.5, 2018 the president of Interpol has been reported missing after traveling to China. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity for an ongoing investigation, said Meng Hongwei's wife reported him missing on Friday. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)

The Latest: Interpol president resigns amid Beijing probe

Associated Press

Grace Meng, the wife of missing Interpol President Meng Hongwei, who does not want her face shown, consults her mobile phone in the lobby of a hotel in Lyon, central France, where the police agency is based, on Sunday Oct. 7, 2018. Interpol said Saturday it has made a formal request to China for information about the agency's missing president, a senior Chinese security official who seemingly vanished while on a trip home. (AP Photo/John Leicester)

Wife says Interpol officer sent knife image as danger signal

By JOHN LEICESTER and GILLIAN WONG - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 4, 2017 file photo, Interpol President, Meng Hongwei, walks toward the stage to deliver his opening address at the Interpol World congress in Singapore. A French judicial official says Friday Oct.5, 2018 the president of Interpol has been reported missing after traveling to China. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Interpol asks China for information on its missing president

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 4, 2017 file photo, Interpol President, Meng Hongwei, walks toward the stage to deliver his opening address at the Interpol World congress in Singapore. A French judicial official says Friday Oct.5, 2018 the president of Interpol has been reported missing after traveling to China. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

The Latest: Interpol aware officer is reported held in China

Associated Press

FILE - In this July 4, 2017 file photo, Interpol President, Meng Hongwei, delivers his opening address at the Interpol World congress in Singapore. A French judicial official says Friday Oct.5, 2018 the president of Interpol has been reported missing after traveling to China. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Missing Interpol president deeply rooted in China’s security

Associated Press