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Detained Taiwan ex-president Chen again stages hunger strike

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

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[JURIST] Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian on Friday staged another hunger strike to protest corruption charges he faces, a Taiwanese official at the detention center where Chen is being held said Sunday. Chen was indicted on charges of embezzlement, receiving bribes, forgery, and money laundering in December, and staged an earlier hunger strike to protest the allegations when he was first detained in November. Chen has maintained that the charges against him are politically motivated, and in January unsuccessfully appealed his pretrial detention. He is next scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday. Earlier this month, Chen's wife, Wu Shu-Chen, pleaded guilty to charges of money-laundering and forgery, but denied charges that she embezzled from the presidential state affairs fund. Chen's sister-in-law has also pleaded guilty to charges that she had forged documents and transferred money to bank accounts upon orders from Chen and Wu. In September 2008, Chen was cleared of separate defamation charges.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on February 22, 2009 (boomark / email).