INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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Kim Jong-yang had been acting president since Meng Hongwei's disappearance
Interpol has elected South Korean Kim Jong-yang as its president, rejecting the Russian frontrunner who had been accused of abusing
the international police body's arrest warrant system.Mr Kim was chosen by Interpol's 194 member states at a meeting of its annual congress
in Dubai.He beat Russia's Alexander Prokopchuk, who had been widely tipped to win.But there was growing concern that Mr Prokopchuk would use
the role to target critics of Russia's President Putin.Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption
Russian Alexander
Prokopchuk was widely considered the frontrunner for the post
The election follows the disappearance of Interpol's former
president Meng Hongwei, who vanished on a trip to China in September
Beijing has since confirmed he has been detained and is being investigated for allegedly taking bribes.Mr Kim will serve out the remaining
two years of Mr Meng's term.
