_Taiwan
12-12-2003, 07:58
KMT busted! Lee Teng Hui faces life imprisonment!
(Taipei Times)
TAIPEI - Lee Teng Hui, President of Taiwan and leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has been convicted of treason in a case which has stunned the nation.
An anonymous tip-off alleged that Lee rigged the election results, causing 140 million opposition votes to be recorded as his. Almost all the votes were of pro-independence Chen Shui Bian's Democratic Progressive Party.
Chen Shui Bian takes up the presidency within 2 weeks.
(Taipei Times)
TAIPEI - Lee Teng Hui, President of Taiwan and leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has been convicted of treason in a case which has stunned the nation.
An anonymous tip-off alleged that Lee rigged the election results, causing 140 million opposition votes to be recorded as his. Almost all the votes were of pro-independence Chen Shui Bian's Democratic Progressive Party.
Chen Shui Bian takes up the presidency within 2 weeks.