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Jailed ex-Taiwan president taken to hospital

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-ban on Sunday was taken to a Taipei hospital for treatment of dehydration resulting from a hunger strike he had staged to protest his detention in jail for corruption. While there are no official charges against Chen, the former leader of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was arrested Tuesday and questioned by prosecutors for some five hours. He is alleged to have committed money laundering and to have made illegal use of government funds during his presidency. He maintains his innocence, claiming he is being victimized because of his advocacy for Taiwan's independence and opposition to the ruling Nationalist Party. Doctors have said that Chen will be kept at the hospital at least overnight for observation. AFP has more. Chen spent eight months in the same Tucheng jail twenty-one years ago for defaming Nationalist leaders. In September, he was cleared on more recent defamation charges. Last year while Chen was still in power, he was tied to an allegedly corrupt lawmaker.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on November 17, 2008 (boomark / email).