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Former president Chen Shui-bian was released without bail on December 13, 2008, after being indicted for money laundering and misuse of public funds hours earlier. The district court ordered that Chen remain in Taiwan to face pending trial.
Sep 11, 2009 · Fri 11 Sep 2009 06.30 EDT. A Taiwanese court today sentenced former president Chen Shui-bian to life in prison after finding him guilty of corruption. The high-profile, politically charged...
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Nov 12, 2008 · Nov. 11, 2008. SHANGHAI Chen Shui-bian, the former president of Taiwan and an ardent advocate of continued independence for the island, was detained by the police there late Tuesday after...
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Chen was sentenced to 19 years in Taipei Prison, reduced from a life sentence on appeal, but was granted medical parole on 5 January 2015. [1] [2] [3] Chen's supporters have claimed that his trial and sentencing were politically motivated retribution by the Kuomintang for his years in power.
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- Ma Ying-jeou
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Jul 16, 2022 · Staff writer, with CNA. The High Court yesterday acquitted former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) of charges related to his personal use of state funds following a recent change to the Accounting Act (會計法), while his wife and son were sentenced on bribery charges.
Dec 12, 2008 · TAIPEI (Reuters) - Former Taiwan president and anti-China firebrand Chen Shui-bian was indicted on Friday in connection with a series of corruption-related scandals involving himself and...
Jul 7, 2016 · According to the civil forfeiture complaints filed in this case, Yuanta Securities Co. Ltd. paid a bribe of 200 million New Taiwan dollars (equivalent to approximately $6 million USD) to former First Lady Wu Shu-Jen in 2004, during former President Chen Shui-Bian’s administration.
