Interpol picks S Korean as chief over his Russian rival

Dubai, November 21 

Interpol announced on 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, acting president of the global police body, was picked at a meeting of delegates from member nations in Dubai to replace Meng Hongwei, who went missing in his native China in September.

There had been growing calls within Western nations for Interpol to reject Russian candidate Alexander Prokopchuk-a Russian interior ministry official and current Interpol vice president-over fears Moscow could abuse the role to target political opponents. — AFP

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