China to push for greater cooperation on graft, terrorism at Interpol meeting

FILE PHOTO: Policemen perform during an anti-terrorism drill on an open day in Beijing, China July 22, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will push for greater international cooperation in the fight against corruption and terrorism when it hosts Interpol's general assembly next week, according to diplomatic sources familiar with the matter, against a backdrop of concerns China is using the body for its own goals.

Last year, the global police cooperation agency elected a senior Chinese public security official, Vice Public Security Minister Meng Hongwei, as its president, prompting rights groups to ask whether Beijing could try and use the position to go after dissidents abroad.