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Return to prison not good for Chen: doctor

Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party legislators Chen Ou-po, right, and Hsu Chung-hsin hold a press conference in Taipei yesterday, calling on the Ministry of Justice to immediately release former president Chen Shui-bian from prison on medical parole.
Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times

Former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) is suffering from various ailments, and it would not be good for him to return to prison, his attending physician told lawmakers yesterday.

Chou Yuan-hua (周元華), a psychiatrist in charge of Chen’s care at Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TVGH), added that it would be better for the former president to be looked after at home or to stay in a hospital that has a psychiatry department near his home.

CDC steps up inspections after H7N9 cases in China

Taipei Times

Chickens are seen in a chicken farm in Zouping, east China`s Shandong province on Monday.
Photo: AFP

Chinese health authorities on Saturday confirmed three cases of a strain of avian flu that had not before been found in humans.

Two of the patients have died in Shanghai and one is still critically ill in Anhui Province, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday.

Breaking: A monk sets self ablaze in Tibet

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Charred body of Kunchok Tenzin

DHARAMSHALA, March 29: A monk from Mogri Monastery in Luchu in Eastern Tibet has set himself on fire in an apparent protest against China’s continuing occupation of Tibet.

“Kunchok Tenzin set himself ablaze at a road intersection near his monastery at 7pm (local time) on Tuesday, March 26,” said Kanyag Tsering of Dharamsala-based Kirti Monastery, who closely monitors self-immolations inside Tibet. Twenty-eight-year-old Tenzin died in his fiery protest.

Jeff Koo confirms trial rigging against Chen Shui-bian in court statement

Michael Richardson

Chen Shui-bian's health continues to deteriorate in ROC custody

Jeffery Koo, Jr. says that the Taipei High Court should reject a statement he gave against former President Chen Shui-bian as it was false and obtained from Koo under threat of imprisonment. Koo made his statement on March 26 in a pre-trial hearing on evidence presented against him by the Special Investigation Division of the Supreme Prosecutors Office.

Chen Shu-bian was president of the Republic of China in-exile from 2000 to 2008 and has been imprisoned under harsh conditions for purported corruption since shortly after leaving office. Jeffery Koo, Jr., the chief witness against Chen, alleged a large campaign donation was actually a bribe. Chen was convicted and given a lengthy prison sentence following a controversial trial largely on the strength of Koo’s statement.

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