Friday, June 11, 2010

Taipei slashes ex-prez life term to 20 years



TAIPEI: In a surprise decision, Taiwan's high court today cut ex-president Chen Shui-bian's life sentence for corruption to 20 years in jail, but the former leader said he would appeal. The court, which also reduced former first lady Wu Shu-chen's life term to 20 years imprisonment, said it had reached the decision after concluding that Chen had embezzled less money than previously...

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