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    • Chen Shui-bian | Biography & Facts | Britannica
      • After leaving office, Chen became the focus of a graft investigation. He resigned from the DPP in August 2008, and in November he was detained by authorities and jailed. In September 2009 he was convicted on several corruption counts and was sentenced to life in prison. Subsequently, a number of complicated legal proceedings ensued.
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      Chen Shui-bian | Biography & Facts | Britannica

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    4 days ago · Mirror Weekly magazine yesterday published a cover story in which it detailed the Tsai administration’s deliberations on pardoning Chen, who was convicted of corruption for four bribery and money-laundering scandals committed while in office and was sentenced to a combined 20 years in prison.

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    Apr 29, 2024 · Merchants could be fined up to about US$7,700. Chen Chih-chung, the son of Taiwan’s former president Chen Shui-bian, has been sentenced to one year in prison. The younger Chen's final appeal over money laundering charges was rejected by Taiwan’s highest court on Wednesday.

  5. www.britannica.com › biography › Chen-Shui-bianChen Shui-bian | Biography & Facts | Britannica

    Apr 25, 2024 · Chen Shui-bian, lawyer and politician who served as president (2000–08) of the Republic of China (Taiwan). He was a prominent leader of the pro-independence movement that sought to establish statehood for Taiwan. He later was convicted of various corruption charges.

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  7. www.taiwannews.com.tw › news › 5680960Tsai may pardon former President Chen Shui-bian before May 20

    5 days ago · In 2010, Chen was sentenced to 20 years for multiple counts of corruption and served his sentence for over six years. However, due to medical conditions such as dementia, he was granted medical parole in 2015. Despite this, he has been seen in public over the past nine years, even appearing in court to assist his daughter in a legal battle.

  8. www.thestandard.com.hk › breaking-news › sectionTsai may pardon former President Chen Shui-bian before May 20

    5 days ago · Font. Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen is rumored to be preparing to pardon former president Chen Shui-bian. Tsai is reportedly planning on issuing a pardon to Chen, before she leaves office on May ...

  9. thediplomat.com › 2024 › 04Taiwan Revives Civilian Leadership of Defense – The Diplomat

    Apr 26, 2024 · Following Lee Teng-hui, President Chen Shui-bian of the DPP and Ma Ying-jeou of the KMT each attempted to appoint civilians to the post of defense minister. However, Tsai Ming-shian, appointed by ...

  10. www.taipeitimes.com › News › featNotes from Central Taiwan: Independence in rhetoric and ...

    Apr 15, 2024 · He noted that years ago he was on a team that met with then-president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), “whose previous ‘unofficial’ visit to the US had caused a crisis in which China fired missiles into the sea and the US deployed carriers off the coast of Taiwan.”