Former Taiwan leader gets jail term for corruption
December 6th, 2010 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANSTaipei, Dec 6 (IANS) The Taiwan High Court Monday sentenced former leader Chen Shui-bian to a combined jail term of 17 years and six months for corruption.
Last month, Chen was sentenced to 11 years and 8 years after being found guilty in two cases of corruption, Xinhua reported.
The former leader was also fined 154 million New Taiwan dollars (about $5 million).
It is the first time that an ex-leader of Taiwan has been jailed.
However, the prison term for Chen’s wife, Wu Shu-chen, has yet to be decided. Wu was also sentenced to 11 years and 8 years in the two corruption cases last month.
According to the prosecutors, wheelchair-bound Wu will begin serving her sentence at the Taichung Prison hospital because of her poor health. The date for Wu beginning her sentence also remains undecided.
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