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Taiwan arraigns ex-president for graft

FORMER Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian was yesterday arraigned before a Taipei court for alleged corruption while in office.






If found guilty, Chen could be jailed for life. But Chen has described the entire exercise as a witch-hunt because of his uncompromising stance on China.

He was brought into a packed courtroom in handcuffs, becoming the island's first former president ever to be placed on trial, in a case full of political and family intrigues that have gripped Taiwan for months.

The combative 58-year-old is being tried on bribery allegations, but the trial is just one of several ahead as Chen is also accused of embezzlement, money laundering, influence peddling and extortion.

Chen took the stand after Tsai Ming-chieh, an aide of his wife, Wu Shu-chen, accused of arranging for a businessman to pay the couple 400 million Taiwan dollars ($11.42 million) to seal a lucrative land deal.

"I never had any contact with Tsai. There was no such thing, him reporting back to me about a so-called 'commission' or 'kickback'," Chen told the court.

"The case has nothing to do with me and this is causing me unbearable pain."

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