Bloomberg: Interpol Picks Korean as New President in Snap Election, Crushing Russian Hopes
(Bloomberg) -- Interpol delegates elected South Korean Kim Jong Yang as the new president of the global policing body after international criticism of the possibility that rival Russian candidate Aleksander Prokopchuk might get the job.
Kim was selected Wednesday morning in a snap election organized at Interpol’s general assembly in Dubai following the arrest in China of former president Meng Hongwei last month. Interpol didn’t disclose on its website the margin of victory for the South Korean in the election, which was organized on a one country-one vote basis.
The election had become deeply political in recent days as U.S. and other western countries warned that if elected, Prokopchuk, as a high-ranking police official in Russia, could abuse Interpol protocols to harass political opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Update #1: Putin critics rejoice at Russia's defeat in Interpol presidency bid (CNN)
Update #2: Interpol elected a South Korean president after China disappeared its old one (Business Insider)
WNU Editor: Russian media is down-playing this story .... A Russian not becoming head of Interpol is bigger news than the person who did (RT).
