The corruption trial of former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian opened Thursday, one day after Chen criticized the proceedings as "political persecution." Chen was indicted in December and faces possible life in prison...
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Detained Taiwan ex-president Chen again stages hunger strike
Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian on Friday staged another hunger strike to protest corruption charges he faces, a Taiwanese official at the detention center where Chen is being held said Sunday. Chen was indicted...
Former Taiwan first lady pleads guilty to money-laundering charges
Wu Shu-Chen, the wife of former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian , pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of money-laundering and forgery, but denied charges that she embezzled from the presidential state affairs fund. Wu claims the...
Taiwan ex-president's associates plead guilty to corruption charges
The sister-in-law of embattled former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian on Thursday entered a guilty plea at the Taipei District Court on charges of money laundering related to a corruption scandal surrounding the former leader...
Taiwan high court rejects appeal for release of former president
Taiwan's High Court on Thursday rejected the appeal of former president Chen Shui-bian protesting the court's previous decision to detain him while he awaits trial on corruption charges ....
Former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian on Monday appealed a Taiwan High Court order that he be detained while awaiting his trial on corruption charges . The court made the decision last week,...
Taiwan appeals court bars release of ex-president charged with corruption
The Taiwan High Court on Sunday overruled a district court decision to release former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian pending his trial on corruption charges, citing risks of flight, collusion and interference with...
Taiwanese prosecutors on Friday indicted former President Chen Shui-bian on charges of corruption. His wife Wu Shu-chen, his son and daughter-in-law, three former presidential aides, and eight other associates and family members were also...
Former Taiwan intelligence head sentenced to 10 years for corruption
The Taiwan Taipei District Court on Thursday sentenced former head of the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau Yeh Sheng-mao to 10 years in prison on corruption charges. Yeh was convicted of corruption,...
Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian on Sunday was taken to a Taipei hospital for treatment of dehydration resulting from a hunger strike he had staged to protest his detention in jail for corruption....