Taiwan court cuts ex-president Chen’s life term to 20 years

By DPA,

Taipei : Taiwan’s High Court Friday reduced former president Chen Shui-bian’s life term to 20 years imprisonment as his family has given back some of the state funds he was accused of having embezzled, TV reports said.


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The high court also cut the life term for Chen’s wife, Wu Shu-chen, who had also been found guilty of fraud and money laundering, to 14 years, cable TV channel TVBS said.

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