A top Chinese security official is seeking election in the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol). However, his candidacy has sparked global opposition from lawmakers and human rights groups. Hu Binchen, the deputy director-general of China’s International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Public Security, will compete with two other candidates for two seats for Asia in Interpol’s 13-member Executive Committee at the 89th General Assembly session, which will be held from Nov. 23 to Nov. 25 in Istanbul, Turkey. Fifty legislators—from 20 countries and who are part of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)—expressed strong opposition to Hu’s candidacy in a joint letter, dated Nov. 15 and addressed to Interpol member states. They accused China of repeatedly abusing the Interpol Red Notice system to persecute dissidents in exile. The legislators warned that the Interpol general assembly might grant a “green light” to China’s continued misuse of the world organization and push …