Former Interpol president Meng Hengwei was sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison by Tianjin court for taking bribes.

According to today's notice of the First Intermediate People's Court in Tianjin, Meng Hengwei was sentenced to 13 years and 6 months in prison and was fined two million yuan (US $ 290,000).

The court said that from 2005 to 2017, Meng took advantage of the position of the director of the Coast Guard Department and the Deputy Minister of Public Security to illegally collect assets of up to 14.46 million yuan (US $ 2 million). ). Meng had "honestly confessed all his wrongdoings" and would not appeal or notice.

Meng Hengwei, former deputy minister of Chinese police, was elected president of Interpol in 2016 and was the first Chinese leader in the organization's 95-year history. In September, Grace's wife, Meng, reported to the police that she had lost contact with her husband after he returned from France to China.

A few days later, Interpol announced that Meng had resigned and China also confirmed it was investigating him.

The Central Committee for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CCDI) in March 2019 announced that Manh was suspected of "accepting bribes, seriously damaging the party's image, the interests of the state and should be tried. strictness ". Meng was also accused of "opposing the decision of the party central, abusing power to profit, using indiscriminate budget, extravagance to satisfy the luxurious lifestyle of the family".

At a trial in June, Meng admitted accepting bribes. When he received his final words in court, Meng "confessed his sins and expressed his repentance," according to Chinese media.