TAIPEI (Reuters) - Former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, known for his anti-China rhetoric, has been granted conditional release from jail a day after he was indicted for a raft of corruption-related scandals.
On Friday, Chen became the first former president in Taiwan to be indicted after prosecutors charged him and more than 10 other family members and aides with corruption, forgery and money laundering. Chen denied any wrongdoing.
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