TAIPEI: Taiwan's ex-president to stay detained

Three Taiwan high court judges met at short notice Thursday (October 8) to rule on whether former president Chen Shui-bian, sentenced to life in prison for corruption, should be released on bail. Presiding judge Teng Chen-chiu began a hearing on Chen's appeal to end his three-month detention at 6:15pm, after the Supreme Court accepted and remanded it to the court of appeals. As of press time, the hearing continued. Chen was taken from the detention centre at Tucheng to the Taipei courthouse, where he met dozens of “Redshirtâ€_ protesters who demanded he be put behind bars for as long as the court wants. The protesters were remnants of those who wore red shirts and took to the streets to demand Chen's resignation in 2006. The former president was ordered to be placed under custody on September 24, when his third detention... [read full story]                    

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