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Taiwan Presidential Candidate AcquittedHONG KONG, Tuesday, Aug. 14 — A court acquitted Ma Ying-jeou, the Nationalist Party candidate for president, on Tuesday of a single charge of misusing $339,000 from his special mayoral allowance during eight years as mayor of Taipei. Taiwanese politicians have long treated such allowances as practically indistinguishable from their salaries, but prosecutors have been investigating this practice over the past year and bringing indictments. Mr. Ma, a Harvard-educated lawyer from an affluent family, responded that he had given $2 million to charity during his tenure as mayor and that the allowance was part of his compensation. Mr. Ma is in a close race with Frank Hsieh, the candidate of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, in presidential elections to be held next March. Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationFrom Their Nation-Turned-Bunker, Burmese Generals Peer Out, and In...Trying to Put a Name to the Face of Evil... Politeness of China Talks Can?t Disguise the Discord... Suharto, Former Indonesian Dictator, Dies at 86... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - Taiwan Presidential Candidate Acquitted |
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