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Development of Chen Shui-bian case

Written by Writer on Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Development of Chen Shui-bian case

Taiwan News
2008-11-12 01:09 AM

May 20 President Chen Shui-bian leaves office and is immediately listed as a defendant in the case of the state affairs fund.

July 24 The Supreme Prosecutors Office’s Special Investigation Division summons Chen for questioning as a defendant for the first time.

August 15 Prosecutors begin their investigation into Chen’s alleged money-laundering case after receiving information from Switzerland about his overseas accounts.

August 16 Prosecutors search Chen’s home and list Chen, his wife Wu Shu-jen, their son Chen Chih-chung and daughter- in-law Huang Juei-ching, and Wu’s brother Wu Ching- mao as defendants.

August 18 Retired Ministry of Justice Information Bureau chief Yeh Sheng-mao is listed as a defendant for allegedly leaking information about Chen’s money-laundering case to the former President.

September 25 Former presidential cashier Chen Chen-huei becomes the first suspect in the case to be detained.

October 2 Tsai Ming-cheh, a friend of the former first lady, is detained.

October 3 Former presidential aide Lin Te-shun is detained.

October 7 Former first lady Wu Shu-jen’s brother Wu Ching-mao is detained.

October 15 Former Interior Minister Yu Cheng-hsien is detained on suspicions of corruption in contract bidding for the Nangang Exhibition Hall.

October 17 Prosecutors raid the offices of three financial holdings and list former Mega Financial Holding chairman Cheng Shen-chih as a defendant.

October 28 Former Hsinchu Science Park chief James Lee is detained as a suspect in a case of corruption concerning a land deal.

October 30 Former National Security Council secretary-general Chiou I-jen is detained on suspicion of having embezzled secret diplomatic funds.

November 4 Former close Chen aide Ma Yung-cheng is detained on suspicion of having embezzled money from the state affairs fund.

November 11 Prosecutors request the detention of former President Chen Shui-bian.

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