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            | Despite heavy rains yesterday, protesters show their  support for former president Chen Shui-bian outside the Taiwan High Court as the  court started to hear his appeal against his graft conviction. PHOTO: CHANG CHIA-MING, TAIPEI  TIMES
 |  The Taiwan High Court yesterday began  to hear the appeal by former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), who insisted his  life term for graft was “illegal” and argued the evidence used to convict him  was insufficient.
 Chen was sentenced to life in prison by a district  court last month for embezzling state funds, laundering money, accepting bribes  and forgery. His wife, Wu Shu-jen (吳淑珍), also received life imprisonment on  graft convictions.
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