TAIPEI (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Taiwan on Thursday laid new charges against jailed former president Chen Shui-bian, months after he was sentenced to life in prison for graft, bribery and money laundering.
The Supreme Court prosecutor's office said the new charges, also corruption and laundering, were linked to money that changed hands from 2001 to 2004 during a government-ordered reform of Taiwan financial holding companies.
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