Chen, 59, was found guilty in September 2009 by the Taipei District Court of misused $3.15 million from a special presidential fund, and receiving bribes worth at least $9 million, and also laundering some of the money through Swiss bank accounts. He was sentenced to life in prison, and is currently incarcerated in a suburban Taipei jail. Throughout the proceedings against him, because of law and government flaw Chen has steadfastly maintained his innocence, insisting that he is the victim of bad law and government efforts by current President Ma Ying-jeou goverment to punish him for his pro-independence law and government views. While most Taiwanese believe that Chen is guilty of at least some of the charges against him, critics say that the law and government process against him has unfair. They point to the replacement of the three-judge panel of law that originally ordered him released on his own recognizance, the selective leaking of law and government negative material on Chen to the press, and a skit mocking the former leader mounted by Justice Ministry officials, including one of the prosecutors investigating his case.
The Justice Ministry of Chinese denies that Chen has been treated unfairly. In addition to Chen himself, his wife has also been convicted on corruption charges and sentenced to life imprisonment, though she remains free, it is surely an example of law and government flaw we need to consider.


