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Interpol Defies Russia, Elects South Korean As President

• https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durdan

One day after four US senators, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and the home office of the UK expressed outrage at the notion that Interpol Vice President Alexander Prokopchuk, a general in the Russian Interior Ministry, had emerged as the front-runner to become the international police agency's next president. Both the US and UK urged Interpol members to vote instead for Kim Jong Yang, who assumed the role of acting president after the last president, Meng Hongwei, disappeared in China following rumors of a corruption prosecution, according to the Financial Times.

On Wednesday, UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid praised Kim's "clear win" which he said "comes despite Russia's best efforts." He added the result was an "encouraging victory for rules and rights-based security co-operation."


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