Taiwan’s Ex-President Chen Wins Cut in Life Sentence
This article is for subscribers only.
Taiwan’s former President Chen Shui-bian, whose pro-independence stance riled China and roiled domestic politics, won a reduction in his life sentence for graft to 20 years in an appeal hearing in Taipei High Court.
Chen also had the NT$200 million ($6.2 million) fine handed down by a Taipei district court reduced to NT$170 million, according to the ruling today. Chen will appeal against the judgment, Chen’s son Chen Chih-chung said in comments broadcast live on Taiwan’s TVBS television following the ruling today.