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Taiwan court freezes ex-president Chen's assets

TAIPEI: A Taiwan court has frozen the domestic assets of former president Chen Shui-bian, intending to use them to pay off a fine he was handed on top of a life jail term for graft, a spokesman said Wednesday. Full Article at Channel News Asia

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