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Focus Taiwan News ChannelEx-president Chen may be sued for removing state documentsFocus Taiwan News Channel8 (CNA) Former President Chen Shui-bian may be sued for illegally removing 20 boxes of state documents from the Presidential Office after the change of ...Taiwan plans to sue ex-leaderStraits Timesall 2 news articles »
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AFPTaiwan tycoon cleared in Sogo dealAFPLocal media had claimed Hsu used gift vouchers to secure the backing of Wu Shu-chen, wife of then president Chen Shui-bian, in the controversial buyout. ...and more »
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Focus Taiwan News ChannelPresident approves resignation of advisorFocus Taiwan News ChannelFan, formerly a member of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) , was appointed by former President Chen Shui-bian as minister of the Council of ...Ma accepts convicted adviser's resignationTaipei Timesall 4 news articles »
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Economic Daily News: Attitude is decisiveFocus Taiwan News ChannelLately, the Ma administration has been becoming more and more like the former government led by Chen Shui-bian, presenting various immature, ...and more »
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Straits TimesPlease, enough with the 'sellout of Taiwan' chantingChina PostThat man is former President Chen Shui-bian, the idol of all DPP supporters of Taiwanese independence. According to the US Military Court of Appeals, ...Chinese culture minister visits TaiwanSifyall 74 news articles »
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Graft-tainted Taiwan ex-president seeks money to keep office openEarthtimesBy : dpa Taipei - Chen Shui-bian, a former president of Taiwan jailed for corruption, announced Wednesday the launch of a fund-raising drive to finance the ...and more »
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US probes Chen Shui-bian caseTaipei TimesUS officials recently visited Taiwan to probe money laundering claims against former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), as part of efforts to expropriate ...China Times: Figures send warning messageFocus Taiwan News Channelall 3 news articles »
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Focus Taiwan News ChannelUS officials in Taiwan on ex-leader Chen's probeSin Chew Jit PohTAIPEI, Friday 27 August 2010 (AFP) - US officials have visited Taiwan to probe money laundering claims against former president Chen Shui-bian, ...US judicial officials visit Taiwan over ex-president's assetsFocus Taiwan News Channelall 5 news articles »
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Focus Taiwan News ChannelDPP says amendment aimed at former presidentFocus Taiwan News ChannelChen Shui-bian's office will also face closure due to lack of funds, he said. "The KMT has taken the vindictive move for the sake of the municipality ...Apple Daily: Good for nothingFocus Taiwan News Channelall 12 news articles »
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Factbox: Relations between China and TaiwanReutersTies were badly strained when Chen Shui-bian from the now opposition Democratic Progressive Party was Taiwan president from 2000-2008 because of his ...and more »
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Video of the October 6, 2009 15th Annual Timothy Gelatt Dialogue on the Rule of Law in Asia, focusing on the Trial of Chen Shui-bian, former president of Taiwan. The Conference features prominent scholars NIGEL LI, Esq. (CEO, Lee & Li Law Firm, and leading constitutional lawyer, scholar and teacher) and WANG JAW- PERNG (Professor, School of Law, National Taiwan University, leading criminal procedure expert), With Comments From: Ms. Chen Yu-Jie, Guanghua Foundation Research Fellow, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law Daniel P. Yu, Senior Research Fellow, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law Professor Frank Upham, Wilf Family Professor of Property Law, NYU School of Law; Co-Director, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law and Ms. Esther Chiang, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law and moderated by : Professor Jerome A. Cohen, Co-Director, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
Video of the October 6, 2009 15th Annual Timothy Gelatt Dialogue on the Rule of Law in Asia, focusing on the Trial of Chen Shui-bian, former president of Taiwan. The Conference features prominent scholars NIGEL LI, Esq. (CEO, Lee & Li Law Firm, and leading constitutional lawyer, scholar and teacher) and WANG JAW- PERNG (Professor, School of Law, National Taiwan University, leading criminal procedure expert), With Comments From: Ms. Chen Yu-Jie, Guanghua Foundation Research Fellow, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law Daniel P. Yu, Senior Research Fellow, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law Professor Frank Upham, Wilf Family Professor of Property Law, NYU School of Law; Co-Director, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law and Ms. Esther Chiang, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law and moderated by : Professor Jerome A. Cohen, Co-Director, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
Video of the October 6, 2009 15th Annual Timothy Gelatt Dialogue on the Rule of Law in Asia, focusing on the Trial of Chen Shui-bian, former president of Taiwan. The Conference features prominent scholars NIGEL LI, Esq. (CEO, Lee & Li Law Firm, and leading constitutional lawyer, scholar and teacher) and WANG JAW- PERNG (Professor, School of Law, National Taiwan University, leading criminal procedure expert), With Comments From: Ms. Chen Yu-Jie, Guanghua Foundation Research Fellow, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law Daniel P. Yu, Senior Research Fellow, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law Professor Frank Upham, Wilf Family Professor of Property Law, NYU School of Law; Co-Director, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law and Ms. Esther Chiang, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law and moderated by : Professor Jerome A. Cohen, Co-Director, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
After the death of a close friend of president Chen Shui-bian and former first lady Wu Shu-jen went to visit with her husband and mourn the loss. Chens office also issued a statement expressing regret at its earlier decision to bring a lawsuit against the United States government. In other Chen news, the former president has expressed regret at his decision to sign a letter of authorization permitting Roger Lin of the Formosa Nation Legal Strategy Association to file a lawsuit on behalf of him in his capacity as former leader of the Republic of China government in exile against the United States government. The controversial lawsuit was to request that the United States fulfill its duties as an occupying power of Taiwan and open a military tribunal to try Chen. Now Chen says that he was used.
Protesters gathered outside the Taiwan high court on Thursday the 24th, as the court announced its decision to continue Chen Shui-bians detention. Chen received a life sentence for graft-related charges. A representative from Democratic Progressive party voiced his support for Chen. [Huang Ching-lin, DPP Representative]: "Standing here, we wish President Chen to be strong. He must be strong. His strength will turn into everyone's strength, and then we can defend ourselves against a government from China that will oppress the Taiwanese people. Chen has been in jail for almost nine months now. He was convicted on six charges related to corruption and bribery. He was also fined six million US dollars. [Wen Yao-yuan, High Court Spokesman]: Defendant Mr. Chen Shui-bian is highly suspected in this case. The court considers the previous verdict of a life sentence, and must ensure the future execution of justice. Plus there are still questions about money in foreign accounts to be clarified." Chen has appealed the guilty verdict and life sentence, denying wrongdoing, calling the charges a political plot. He also petitioned the US government for legal help. Chen's wife was convicted on seven counts of graft and also sentenced to life in jail. She was fined nine million US dollars. Chen's son and daughter-in-law were handed lesser sentences for related crimes.
An aide to former President Chen Shui-bian said Friday that former first lady Wu Shu-jen is unhappy with the reasons given for the continuation of Chens detention by the High Court on Thursday. In response to the judges reason that Chen has failed to have NT$570 million returned to Taiwan, Wu said that the funds have been frozen by the bank in which they are held and cannot be remitted back to Taiwan until the bank receives a final verdict from Chen's trial on corruption and money-laundering charges. The High Courts decision to detain former President Chen for another three months angered Chen and caused his wife Wu Shu-jen to bemoan the perceived injustice.
euronews.net Supporters of ex-president Chen Shui-bian protest in an attempt of keeping him out of prison.
Chen Shui-bian Lebenslange Haft für Präsident von Taiwan - SelMcKenzie Selzer-McKenzie
Ex-president Chen Shui-bian and his wife Wu Shu-jen were both given life sentences and fined NT$200 million and NT$300 million respectively after being found guilty by the Taipei District Court Friday on corruption, forgery and money-laundering charges. The court's press release that accompanied the announcement did not mince words, saying that Chen committed the crimes despite having a good understanding of the law and that others had followed his bad example. The Taipei District Court announced its verdict in the trial of former President Chen Shui-bian and his family on charges of money-laundering, corruption, forgery in connection with the misuse of the president's state affairs fund and accepting bribes.
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...Wu Shu-chen was also convicted of corruption and received the same life sentence, said court spokesman Huang Chun-ming. "Chen Shui-bian and Wu Shu-chen were sentenced to life in prison because Chen has done grave damage to the country, and Wu, because she...
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...Taiwan court is expected to deliver a verdict in the corruption and money-laundering trial of its former leader Chen Shui-bian later today. The Taipei district court will render the verdict at about 4 pm. Chen said Thursday afternoon that he would not attend...
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...Run by the Ketagalan Foundation, the online weekly is “a war report on our campaign,” according to its honorary editor Chen Shui-bian standing trial for forgery, corruption and graft, and money laundering. In particular, Chen in detention declared, his periodical...
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台灣總統陳水扁，僅以此影音肯定他過去所有的貢獻。 Chen Shui-bian, President of the Republic of TAIWAN. Chen Shui-bian was born into the family of a tenant farmer in the Guantian Township of Tainan County in the ninth month of the lunar calendar in 1950. Because his family did not register his birth with the local authority immediately, his identification certificate now shows his date of birth as February 18, 1951.
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Ex-President Chen Shui-bian's attorneys were planning to protest prosecutors' handling of interview recordings as the jailed former leader continued his hunger strike, reports said yesterday.
Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian is seen
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ZHANG: Taiwans former first lady, Wu Shu-jen, pleaded guilty today in connection with a massive graft case embroiling her family. This is the first time she had showed up in court after missing 17 other court days over the past two years. STORY: Wu, who beamed and waved as she entered the Taipei District Court in a wheelchair, is charged with embezzlement and receipt forgery involving public funds. Prosecutors added a money laundering charge in December. She pleaded guilty to forgery and of accepting $2.2 million related to a suspected shady land use deal, but denied other graft charges. The case involving Wu, her husband former president Chen Shui-bian, their family and his aides has hurt the image of the Democratic Progressive Party. Former president Chen Shui-bian is in jail awaiting trial. His charges include embezzling T$104 million from a special fund, taking bribes of about $9 million related to a land procurement deal and accepting millions in kickbacks to help a contractor. Wu's lawyers would not comment on Tuesday's court appearance, which was a preliminary hearing ahead of an expected full trial.
Former Taiwan leader's daughter Chen Hsing-yu (陈幸妤) yesterday threw a fit on the streets of Manhattan, screaming at a group of Taiwanese reporters dogging her every move in New York. Chen, a dentist, left for New York on Saturday night to take a US dental aptitude test. As soon as her plane touched down at Newark Airport in New Jersey, she was met by a throng of Taiwanese reporters who continued to follow her around the city. Screaming at the reporters for some 15 minutes and attracting the attention of many passersby, Chen slammed them for following her everywhere like flies hovering over my head. "Why do you keep following me? I am not a wanted fugitive but you have been hounding me for six months in Taiwan and in the US," Chen said in news clips aired by several cable news channels in Taiwan yesterday. "Do you want me to die? What exactly do you want? All you want is to disturb my life," Chen said. Chen Hsing-yu is the only member of former leader Chen Shui-bian's (陈水扁) family who has not been implicated in charges of money-laundering. Chen Shui-bian is in detention, while his wheelchair-bound wife and son have been indicted and restricted from travel. Many pan-blue talking heads speculate that the dental aptitude test was just a convenient guise for her to be in the States to take care of business relating to Chen Shui-bian's alleged money-laundering, including meeting with the Chen family's former doctor, Huang Fang-yen (黄芳彦). Some pan-blue pundits alleged ...
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that it was not possible for lawyers to finish reading all the documents within such a short time. In terms of the defendant's defense rights, and the defendant lawyer's defense rights, the allowed time was certainly not enough." Before the hearing opens again on February 24, Chen will remain inside the detention center. [Cheng Wen-lung, lawyer of Chen Shui-bian ]: "We believe there is no need to detain former president Chen and he should be released immediately. The request we put through ...
【海峡两岸】 陈水扁快乐的狱中生活Chen Shui Bian's Happy Life in Prison
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He felt sorry for former President Chen Shui-bian, who made him the nation’s top prosecutor, had to be indicted by the Special Counsel for corruption and money laundering.
Eight prosecutors of the Special Counsel, which is placed under control by the
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Early Taiwanese political satire show 政治模仿秀. This was Jeff Locker's first incarnation of US President George W. Bush -- a weekly "satellite link" with Taiwanese President Chen Shui-Bian. Later episodes included Colin Powell.
Former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian returned to jail on Wednesday after almost three days of hospital care following a hunger strike. Supporters are preparing to protest his arrest, which they call a political plot. A probe into the ex-president's suspected role in several money-related crimes will be finished by the end of the year, possibly leading to an indictment. Many still believe he is innocent. Experts say Chen's fate will affect public opinion of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which backed Chen in office. They face tough local elections next year. The 57-year-old Chen is known as an anti-China firebrand who upset Beijing while in office from 2000 to 2008. He was arrested on November 12 on suspicion of graft, forgery, money laundering and other crimes. He was sent to a suburban Taipei jail cell until late Sunday, when he was hospitalized after not eating for 108 hours. A doctor on Wednesday determined that Chen was fit enough to return to jail. The ex-president has denied wrongdoing and called the probe against him and other senior opposition leaders a political plot to discredit motions toward Taiwanese independence.
the ongoing corruption charges against him. DPP chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen appeared to take a neutral stance on the issue. [Tsai Ing-wen, DPP Chairwoman]: We feel the people who are investigating the party members should themselves be monitored, what we have requested is that the law is implemented fairly, and especially that the judicial process is fair this is very important. Apart from the investigation into Chen Shui-bian the Nationalist government also have other issues on their plate. ...
guarded outside of the emergency room entrance. The hospital said Chen is dehydrated, but his life is not in danger. [Tsai Kuang-chau, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital]: "There is slight chest discomfort, but so far we found nothing unusual with the heart." The former president began his hunger strike on Wednesday, the day he was formally arrested in connection with several cases, including one involving alleged money laundering and another the misuse of government funds. His lawyer said that ...
Chen Shui Bian Arrested, detained, jailed, lock-up, for corruption, money-laundering of public monies, cheating, etc. Worst President ever. 陳水扁阿扁為腐敗被捕, 陈水扁阿扁为腐败被捕
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Taiwan prosecutors questioned the son and daughter-in-law of detained former leader Chen Shui-bian on Friday morning for suspected involvement in a corruption case.
Chen's son, Chen Chih-chung, and daughter-in-law Huang Jui-ching, both defendants in
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Dopo essere stato arrestato Chen Shui-bian ha dovuto rispondere alle domande del procuratore che lo accusa di aver riciclato dei soldi e di aver usato illegalmente un fondo speciale durante i suoi otto anni di mandato. Alla fine dell'interrogatorio, l'ex presidente, che ha respinto ogni accusa, è stato portato via in manette. Davanti ai giornalisti e ai fotografi che lo aspettavano fuori dal palazzo, ha alzato le braccia ammanettate e ha gridato "persecuzione politica". Chen, che è stato presidente di Taiwan dal 2000 al 2008 ed è uno strenuo difensore dell'indipendenza dell'isola, sostiene di essere vittima di un complotto ordito dal nuovo governo per rispondere ai desideri di Pechino. Ma le accuse di corruzione per lui e la sua famiglia si rincorrono sin dal 2006, quando suo genero è stato condannato a sette anni per insider trading in borsa. Inoltre l'ex presidente è accusato di essersi appropriato indebitamente di quasi 15 milioni di dollari taiwanesi dal governo (circa mezzo 500 mila dollari). it.peacereporter.net
The former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian, has been formally arrested in connection with a money-laundering case. The former president has been a strong advocate of independence from Beijing. After eleven hours of hearings overnight, the court formally arrested Chen this morning. [Huang Chun-ming, Taipei District Court Spokesman]: "The prosecutor believes the defendant has infringed corruption laws by illegally taking possession of state assets, making use of his position to illegally take possession of state assets, and money laundering. The lightest sentence for each charge is 5 years. There are also concerns of manipulating evidence and conspiring with others on the special fee case. Therefore the court orders an arrest." Chen, a 58-year-old career lawyer and president from 2000 to 2008, was detained yesterday after being questioned for most of the day. He left a special Supreme Court prosecutor's office in handcuffs but was not charged with a crime. Chen has called the prosecution a political plot. The former first family is suspected of sending at least $30.4 million to overseas countries. Probes into the affairs of Chen, his family and aides, have hurt the image of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which backed Chen.
office in handcuffs after more than six hours of interrogation. STORY: The former first family is suspected of sending at least $30.4 million US dollars to Japan, the United States, the Cayman Islands, Singapore and Switzerland, among other places, according to the prosecutors office. Earlier in the day Chen held a news conference where he said he expected to be arrested in connection with the money laundering investigation. He says he did nothing wrong and called his prosecution a ...
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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) - Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (ćŻĺťşé) deplored the fact that the Taipei District Court granted a request by prosecutors at 7:05 this morning to detain former President Chen Shui-bian on
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陳水扁收押之理由. The judge detains the reason of former president Chen Shui-bian.
Historical one quarter, former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian is taken into custody.
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May 20 President Chen Shui-bian leaves office and is immediately listed as a defendant in the case of the state affairs fund.
Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian raises his hands with handcuffs as he is led away from the Taiwan
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