A court in Taiwan has sentenced the island’s former first lady to a year in prison for lying to prosecutors in her husband’s corruption case.
Taiwan’s former first lady sentenced
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Trial of Taiwanese ex-president begins
The corruption trial of former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian began Thursday, a case that has gripped the island nation for months and one in which a conviction can bring life imprisonment. The trial is the first for a former head of state in Taiwan. Chen has denied wrongdoing and has said the charges are politically motivated