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Agence France-Presse in Taipei
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A former Taiwanese military intelligence chief has been sentenced to 14 years in prison on corruption charges, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. Lieutenant General Ke Guang-ming was convicted on Tuesday by a military court of embezzling 3.7 million Taiwan dollars (US$115,000) in 2008 while he was head of the military intelligence bureau, the ministry said.
His secretary was sentenced to two years and six months in prison for assisting him in the crime, it said in a statement. A Taiwanese court last year sentenced a retired lieutenant general to more than 10 years in jail on charges of bribery, blackmail and leaking secrets in one of the island’s worst military scandals.
Although Taiwan is considered a functioning democracy, corruption remains a major concern and has stretched all the way to the top of the political system. At least six senior judges and a prosecutor are implicated in Taiwan’s latest high-profile corruption scandal, some facing charges of taking bribes from defendants in exchange for lighter sentences.
The scandal prompted President Ma Ying-jeou to renew a pledge to build a clean government and set up a new watchdog tasked with fighting corruption. Taiwan has been hit by a string of corruption scandals in recent years, with the most controversial case implicating former president Chen Shui-bian and his family.
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