Former Taiwan leader indicted on corruption charge

A Taiwanese prosecutor said former President Lee Teng-hui has been indicted on a charge of embezzlement.

Prosecutor Chen Hong-ta said Lee and his top aide, Liu Tai-ying, were indicted today on charges of embezzling 7.79 million US dollars from a secret diplomatic fund.

Lee served as president between 1988 and 2000. He was elected in Taiwan’s first popular presidential election in 1996.

Another former Taiwanese president, Chen Shui-bian, is serving a 17-year-jail term for a series of corruption charges.