Chen Shui-bian

Censorship Vault: 2004 Taiwan Election and Fallout

From the Censorship Vault features previously untranslated censorship instructions from the archives of the CDT series Directives from the Ministry of Truth (真理部指令). State Council Information Office: We ask that website...

Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (21)

In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet Instructions” series to the Censorship Vault. These directives were originally published on Canyu.org (Participate) and date from 2005...

Taiwan Court Upholds Ex-president’s Detention

From AP: Taiwan’s High Court on Friday upheld its earlier decision to keep former President Chen Shui-bian in detention after the Supreme Court ordered it to hold a hearing on the matter, an official said. The Supreme...

Ex-Taiwan President Chen Sentenced to Life

Chen Shui-bian, former President of Taiwan, has been sentenced to life in prison, together with his wife, on charges of embezzlement, bribery, money laundering and forgery. Time reports: It was a dramatic fall from grace for the...

Taiwan’s Former President Goes on Trial for Corruption

The trial for Taiwan’s former president Chen Shui-bian began on Thursday. Chen is under investigation for corruption charges. From Annie Huang of the Associated Press: Taiwan’s defiant former president went on trial...

Ex-Taiwan Head Returned to Prison

From BBC News: Taiwan’s ex-President, Chen Shui-bian, has been returned to prison pending his trial on corruption charges, after a court reversed a bail order. The Taipei District Court judges are reported to have said...

Taiwan Ex-President Chen Charged with Corruption

Former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian has been formally indicted on charges of graft, forgery, and money laundering. From Reuters: Former Taiwan president and anti-China firebrand Chen Shui-bian was indicted on Friday in...

Several Thousand Rally in Support of Taiwan’s Chen

From AP: Several thousand demonstrators waved flags and chanted in Taiwan’s capital Saturday to protest the detention of former President Chen Shui-bian on graft allegations. Judges ordered the 57-year-old Chen jailed Nov....

Jailed Taiwanese Ex-leader Hospitalized

From AP: Authorities took former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian from his jail cell to a hospital Sunday when a doctor detected an irregular heartbeat following Chen’s five-day hunger strike over his arrest on corruption...

Taiwan’s Former President Jailed in Corruption Probe

Chen Shui-bian was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of corruption. From the Christian Science Monitor: The detention of the defiant nationalist comes amid a warming trend in cross-strait relations under the current, China-friendly...

Taiwan Prosecutor in Hong Kong For Chen Probe: Report

From AFP: A Taiwanese prosecutor has flown to Hong Kong as part of a investigation of former president Chen Shui-bian and his family for alleged money laundering, a report here said on Tuesday. The Apple Daily said prosecutor...

Taiwan’s Ex-president Chen Rejects Embezzlement Charges

From AFP: Former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian on Wednesday rejected allegations that he embezzled nearly 500,000 US dollars in state funds, telling prosecutors he had done nothing wrong. “I was not corrupt,”...

Ex-president Barred From Leaving Taiwan

From AFP: Taiwan’s former president Chen Shui-bian has been barred from leaving the island and his office raided on money-laundering allegations implicating him and his family, officials said Sunday. The coast guard...

Taiwan’s Ex-President Rejects Defamation Charges

From AFP: Taiwan’s former president Chen Shui-bian on Monday insisted he was not guilty of defamation claims brought against him, as opponents of the pro-independence leader protested outside the courthouse. Chen, who...

Taiwan Indicts 5 Former Ministers

From Washington Post: Five former ministers who served under Chen Shui-bian when he was president of Taiwan were indicted Tuesday on corruption charges related to the alleged misuse of special expense accounts. The indictments...

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