Oh Yah!! 19 Years!

Yep, it is all confirmed. Supreme court sentenced corrupted ex-president Chen Shui-bian and his wheelchair wife to 19 years in prison for bribery. Man this is one of the best news so far this year, or probably the best news ever!

I think 19 years is a little too soft, considering all the money he took. Should just lock him up for life. Anyway, have fun enjoy prison time hahahaha!

Taiwan ex-president gets 19 years in prison

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s supreme court sentenced ex-president Chen Shui-bian, an anti-China firebrand whose rhetoric enraged Beijing and irked Washington, and his wife to 19 years in prison for bribery, a court official said on Friday.

The decision that cannot be appealed ends two in a web of cases against the former first family, meaning the sentence could grow as the supreme court reviews other charges. A high court gave both Chen and his wife 20 years in June.

Chen’s fate may impact tense local elections on November 27 as he was the anti-China opposition party’s only president in Taiwan history and was seen as a party standard bearer until he resigned over the charges against him.

This month’s elections are being watched as a bellwether for the 2012 presidential race.

Chen, who has been in jail for two years pending trial and would become the first Taiwan ex-president to do prison time, rejects the charges and calls them politically motivated.

He is talking to his lawyer about any possible last-ditch moves, a spokesman for his foundation said.

In office from 2000 to 2008, he advocated Taiwan’s formal independence from China, which claims sovereignty over the island and seeks to reunify after six decades of separate rule. His stance upset Beijing and Taiwan’s staunchest ally the United States as it sought to build relations with China.

Today’s ruling Nationalist Party is more conciliatory toward China and has brokered a series of trade deals.

Late Thursday’s court decision covers bribery cases related to a land development project and a political appointment.

Chen and former first lady Wu Shu-jen also face charges of money laundering and misuse of state funds. The cases involve a total $20 million that prosecutors say was illegally taken while Chen was in office.

Man this is such a good read below is a Chinese version ahhahahha!

龍潭案定讞 扁珍各判11年

工商時報【記者張國仁／台北報導】

前總統陳水扁等涉嫌國務機要費案、龍潭購地收受賄弊案等8大弊案，最高法院刑六庭昨天宣判，被告陳水扁、吳淑珍等不法行為確鑿，在龍潭購地案部份，扁、珍夫婦分別判刑11年併科罰金1.5億元，在陳敏薰人事案中收受賄款，判刑8年併科罰金500萬元確定。

高等檢察署隨後表示，就扁珍被判有罪確定部分，將在近期內發監服刑。

最高法院就扁珍等人所涉多起弊案昨天宣判指出，除國務機要費案、南港展覽館案及在國外洗錢（含陳致中、黃睿靚涉案部分），均撤銷發回高等法院更審，尚未確定外，其餘有關龍潭購地案、陳敏薰人事案、林德訓偽證案等3部分，均判決有罪確定。

至於，辜仲諒捐贈3億元案也判決無罪確定。另吳淑珍、馬永成、林德訓所涉教唆偽證案部分，則因是同一案重行起訴，判決不受理。

最高法院刑事庭發言人張淳淙庭長表示，有關龍潭購地弊案收受賄賂罪刑，最高法院撤銷原高等法院判決，並「自為」判決被告陳水扁等人有罪。

張淳淙指出，扁珍受賄有罪的理由，就是否具有相當對價關係，應就職務行為的內容、交付者與收受者關係、賄賂的種類、價額、贈與時間等客觀情形加以審酌，不可僅以交付的財物名義為佣金或餽贈，就說與職務無關而無對價關係。

張淳淙強調，所謂職務上的行為，是指公務員在其職務範圍內，所應為或得為的行為而言，只要該行為與其職務具有關連性，實質上為該職務影響力所及者，就應該算有對價關係。

就龍潭購地弊案被告受賄行為，最高法院判決被告陳水扁、吳淑珍各判有期徒刑11年併科罰金1.5億元；就陳敏薰人事案（即101大樓董事長買官案）扁珍各判刑8年併科罰金500萬元；另吳淑珍就陳敏薰人事案所涉在國內洗錢部分，判刑1年2月，因適用罪犯減刑條例而減刑為7月。

此外，前竹科管理局長李界木亦涉及龍潭購地受賄弊案，最高法院將他判刑3年6月確定，而同案行賄白手套蔡銘哲，判刑1年4月減為8月，緩刑3年確定。另前總統府辦公室主任林德訓涉偽證案，判刑4月減為2月確定。

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