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Probe targets Taiwan's ex-leader Taiwan ex-leader faces graft case
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Taiwanese prosecutors have said they are launching a corruption investigation into former President Chen Shui-bian. Taiwanese prosecutors have announced they are mounting a corruption inquiry against former President Chen Shui-bian.
The move came just after Mr Chen was replaced as president by Ma Ying-jeou, thus losing his presidential immunity. The move came just after Mr Chen was formally replaced by Ma Ying-jeou, thus losing his presidential immunity.
He was named by prosecutors as a suspect in an embezzlement case involving more than $450,000. Prosecutors named the 57-year-old as a suspect in an embezzlement case involving some $450,000.
His wife, Wu Shu-chen, is already on trial in the same case on charges of corruption and forgery. His wife, Wu Shu-chen, is already on trial in the same case, on charges of corruption and forgery.
Prosecutors said they had asked the presidential office for documents which had been kept confidential while Mr Chen, a former human rights lawyer, was in office.
"We have formally started the investigation of the special expenses case concerning former president Chen," said a spokesman for a special investigation unit of the Supreme Prosecutor's Office.
Mr Chen and his family have been mired in corruption allegations since 2006, when his son-in-law was charged with insider trading on the stock market and then jailed for seven years.