Former First Lady's Health Check to Determine Jail Sentence
- 14 years ago
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Taiwan's frail former first lady could be spending the next 17 and a half years behind bars. She, along with her husband, the former president of Taiwan, were found guilty of graft and money laundering. But the former First Lady is confined to a wheelchair, and is undergoing medical evaluations to see whether she will ultimately end up in prison.
Taiwan's former first lady, Wu Shu-chen, has been escorted to a prison hospital for health evaluations Friday.
The results will determine if she will begin her 17-and-a-half-year prison term.
Wu, along with her husband, former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian (PRON SHWAY BEE EHN), were sentenced last December on charges of graft and money laundering.
The frail former first lady has been in poor health and confined to a wheelchair after she was paralyzed due to a vehicle accident in the 1980s.
Wu first reported to the Kaohsiung District Prosecutor's Office for questioning, then traveled on the high-speed rail to report to the Taichung Prison's Pei Teh Hospital.
She will remain at the hospital if her health result is unsatisfactory.
[Chen Chih-chung, Wu Shu-chen's Son]:
"My mother is very thankful, and she has asked me to thank everyone. We cannot do very much right now. We don't have any choice, and we feel helpless. The only thing we can do is to ask God to protect my mother, and hope everything will go smoothly."
Once decided, Wu could become the first former First Lady jailed in Taiwan.
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Taiwan's frail former first lady could be spending the next 17 and a half years behind bars. She, along with her husband, the former president of Taiwan, were found guilty of graft and money laundering. But the former First Lady is confined to a wheelchair, and is undergoing medical evaluations to see whether she will ultimately end up in prison.
Taiwan's former first lady, Wu Shu-chen, has been escorted to a prison hospital for health evaluations Friday.
The results will determine if she will begin her 17-and-a-half-year prison term.
Wu, along with her husband, former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian (PRON SHWAY BEE EHN), were sentenced last December on charges of graft and money laundering.
The frail former first lady has been in poor health and confined to a wheelchair after she was paralyzed due to a vehicle accident in the 1980s.
Wu first reported to the Kaohsiung District Prosecutor's Office for questioning, then traveled on the high-speed rail to report to the Taichung Prison's Pei Teh Hospital.
She will remain at the hospital if her health result is unsatisfactory.
[Chen Chih-chung, Wu Shu-chen's Son]:
"My mother is very thankful, and she has asked me to thank everyone. We cannot do very much right now. We don't have any choice, and we feel helpless. The only thing we can do is to ask God to protect my mother, and hope everything will go smoothly."
Once decided, Wu could become the first former First Lady jailed in Taiwan.