The court said that between 2005 and 2017 Meng used his status and positions, including as vice minister of public security and Marine Police Chief, to accumulate bribes equivalent to some $2.1 million.
Grace Meng, wife of ex-Interpol Chief, was given police protection after the alleged abduction attempt of ex-Interpol Chief, was granted asylum in France with the couple’s two children.
The relatives of fallen Chinese officials are typically silenced, and Grace Meng’s outspoken advocacy on behalf of her husband is unprecedented and no doubt seen as an embarrassment by Beijing.
In her first one-on-one interview since Meng Hongwei went missing, Grace Meng denied bribery allegations against her high-profile husband, and said that speaking out about his disappearance was placing her “in great danger.”