China’s nominee to Interpol committee opposed by lawmakers from 20 countries

• Electing Hu Binchen would endorse misuse of the police body such as issuing its global alerts to persecute dissidents, legislators say in letter
• Hong Kong, Uygur, Tibetan, Taiwanese and Chinese activists abroad would be endangered, they argue

China has been accused of using Interpol red notices to repatriate exiled dissidents.

More than four dozen lawmakers from 20 countries have written to their governments opposing the nomination of Hu Binchen from China’s Ministry of Public Security for an oversight position at global policing organisation Interpol.

Hu has been put forward as a candidate for the body’s 13-member executive committee, which supervises the work of Interpol’s general secretariat. The election for the committee, which meets three times a year and sets organisational policy and direction, will be held next week during Interpol’s general assembly in Turkey.