Chen's sentence cut to 20 years

陈水扁夫妇二审获减刑

Taiwan's high court Friday sentenced the island's former leader, Chen Shui-bian, to 20 years in jail for corruption, reducing the previous sentence of life imprisonment, Xinhua reported. His wife Wu Shu-chen's life conviction for graft was also reduced to 20 years by the high court. Chen and his wife were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Taipei District Court in September last year for corruption, money laundering, bribery and other abuses when he was in power from 2000 to 2008.

据新华社报道，台湾高等法院11日就陈水扁家族贪腐案作出二审宣判，陈水扁的刑期由一审的无期徒刑改判为20年有期徒刑，其妻吴淑珍也被减刑至20年。2009年9月，台北地方法院认定陈水扁在2000年至2008年担任领导人期间犯下贪污、洗钱、受贿等罪名，一审判处陈水扁及吴淑珍无期徒刑。

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