MOSCOW, Jan 21 (NNN-SPUTNIK) — The former president of Interpol, Meng Hongwei has been sentenced to 13.5 years in prison by a court in Tianjin, China on Tuesday, reported Sputnik news agency.
The court also fined the former executive nearly 2 mln yuan ($289,850).
According to China’s central television network, which broadcast the verdict, the defendant does not intend to appeal the case.
He was also fined two million yuan (S$391,130), said the Tianjin First Intermediate People’s Court.
The court statement said Meng had “truthfully confessed to all the criminal facts” and would not appeal the decision.
In June 2019, Meng pleaded guilty to taking bribes, the total value of which is estimated to have been nearly US$2 million.
In October 2018, media reported that Meng had gone missing after travelling to China from France, where the headquarters of Interpol are located. The French authorities launched an investigation into his disappearance after Meng’s wife reported she had been able to contact him since September the same year.
The Chinese authorities later announced that Meng had violated the law and was under investigation. He later submitted his resignation to the Interpol.
