Taiwan ex-leader appeals sentence
Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian on Monday filed an appeal against his corruption conviction three days after he was sentenced to life in jail, an aide said.
Chen was convicted Friday by the Taipei District Court for taking bribes, embezzling state funds and forging documents among other charges, at the climax of a court drama that gripped the island's 23 million people.
His wheelchair-bound wife Wu Shu-chen was also given a life term on graft charges.
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