A Taiwanese court on Monday rejected an appeal from former President Chen Shui-bian to be released from detention during his trial on corruption and embezzlement charges.
The 58-year-old Chen has been held in a suburban Taipei detention facility since late December. He completed the second of his two four-year terms as president last May.
Chen was indicted Dec. 12 and is standing trial on charges of embezzling 104 million New Taiwan dollars ($3.15 million) from a special presidential fund, receiving bribes worth at least $9 million in U.S. currency and laundering some of those funds overseas.
Taipei District Court spokesman Huang Chun-ming said …
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