Taiwan’s Justice Ministry says former President Chen Shui-bian has been granted medical parole, about four years into his 20-year sentence for corruption.
Chen, who ended a 50-year monopoly on power by the island’s Nationalists party, and who moved to expand Taiwan’s de-facto independence from mainland China, went on trial shortly after the end of his 2000-2008 tenure in office.
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