Interpol picks South Korean candidate as new president

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AFP Dubai
Last Updated : Nov 21 2018 | 1:10 PM IST

Interpol announced Wednesday that Kim Jong-yang of South Korea had been chosen as its new president, beating a Russian official whose candidacy had unnerved Western nations.

The US-backed Kim, Interpol's acting president, was picked at a meeting of delegates from Interpol member nations in Dubai to replace Meng Hongwei, who went missing in his native China in September.

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First Published: Nov 21 2018 | 1:10 PM IST

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