Wife says Interpol officer sent knife image as danger signal

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From https://apnews.com/4a0a389845b04c0595898131cfd9babd

Wife says Interpol officer sent knife image as danger signal

By JOHN LEICESTER and GILLIAN WONG
1 hour ago

LYON, France (AP) — The missing president of the police agency Interpol sent his wife an image of a knife immediately before he disappeared in China, which she believes was his way of saying that he was in danger.

Grace Meng detailed the chilling final exchange of messages with her husband, Meng Hongwei, to reporters Sunday in the French city of Lyon, where Interpol is based.

Apparently confirming her fears for his safety: China announced less than an hour after she spoke that Meng was under investigation on suspicion of unspecified legal violations, making the vice minister for public security and Interpol chief the latest high-profile official to be swept up in a government crackdown.

The disciplinary organ of China’s ruling Communist Party said in a brief statement on its website, Meng was “suspected of violating the law and is currently under the monitoring and investigation” of China’s new anti-corruption body, the National Supervision Commission.

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Also, related thread in LBN:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142174260

[Merlot]

1. Did he go to china, or was he abducted and taken to china?

I thought I had read that he went to china on business.

[defacto7]

2. It sounds like he went on his own by choice

but knew something was up in advance thus the knife image.