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South Korea’s Kim Jong-yang elected Interpol’s new chief in blow to Russia | South China Morning Post

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South Korea’s Kim Jong-yang has been elected as Interpol’s new president. Kim, supported by the US, beat Kremlin-backed candidate Alexander Prokopchuk to be the new chief. He will replace Meng Hongwei from China, who went missing in September. It was later revealed that he was detained by Beijing and accused of brib…

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