TAIPEI (Reuters) - Thousands of Taiwanese on Saturday protested the arrest of former president Chen Shui-bian, an anti-China firebrand who says his detention as part of a graft probe was politically motivated.
About 6,000 people waved flags at an evening rally in a Taipei park in support of Chen, who has gone on a hunger strike for much of the time since his arrest on Nov. 12. He was hospitalised for almost three days after refusing to eat for 108 hours, his lawyer said.
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