New Interpol president: Why was there opposition to the Russian candidate?

Subscribe to France 24 now: FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 Two months after Meng Hongwei disappeared on a trip to China, Interpol has elected a new president. Kim Jong-yang was Interpol’s acting president, but he wasn’t the front-runner. Russia’s Alexander Prokopchuk was. However, the US and several other countries lobbied to tip the vote away from him. Russia has been accused of manipulating Interpol’s arrest warrants to harass its enemies.