Hsinchu Mayor Ann Kao Sentenced to Prison For Defamation
Hsinchu Mayor Ann Kao has been sentenced to ten months in prison for a falsely accusing a U.S.-based academic of defamation.
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00:00Suspended Hsinchu Mayor Ann Gao has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for falsely accusing
00:07an academic of defamation.
00:10Gao sued U.S.-based academic Chen Shifan for defamation after he accused her of plagiarizing
00:16her doctoral thesis.
00:17However, a Taipei court acquitted Chen of the charges.
00:22Chen then countersued Gao, resulting in the 10-month sentence.
00:25Gao also faces up to seven years for embezzlement and says she'll appeal the latest sentence.