09/11/2009 Source: Xinhua

Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Taiwan district court on corruption charges Friday afternoon, local media reported.

Chen was first indicted on Dec. 12 for money laundering and bribery. He and his wife were charged with embezzling 104 million New Taiwan dollars (3.15 million U.S. dollars) in public funds and accepting bribes of at least 9 million U.S. dollars in a land purchase deal.

Chen was not present in court when the verdict was delivered.

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