Former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian waves as he arrives at the high court in Taipei on June 11, 2010. He was given a 20-year jail term for accepting bribes.Taiwan 's legislature has paved the way for corruption charges against a former president to be dropped, passing an amendment to a bill amid scuffles among lawmakers on Monday .
DPP legislators pushed them away from the podium and were met with a barrage of plastic cups filled with water. He is also facing separate charges of misappropriating NT$104.5 million worth of special funds allotted to him while in office but legal proceedings in the case were halted when he was released on medical parole in 2015. The parole has been repeatedly extended since then at his request, meaning the case cannot proceed.
Tsai's spokesman, Xavier Chang, said the Presidential Office respected the decision of the legislature. "Instead of focusing on how to help the local public tide over the new spike of coronavirus cases, which has led to a number of deaths, including a number of innocent children, the ruling party has chosen to push through the bill to allow Chen Shui-bian to walk free of corruption charges," he said.Taiwan reported a record 90,000 daily new cases in mid-May and has had more than 80,000 infections a day since then. At least 600 have died in this wave, including 10 children.
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