Taipei City Councilor Chen Chong-wen has been sentenced to nine years in prison for corruption, fined and stripped of his right to hold public office for six years after finishing his sentence. Chen and his associates were found guilty of illegally profiting from a city welfare scheme.
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00:00A prominent Taipei politician has been sentenced to nine years in prison for corruption.
00:06Taipei City Councilor Chen Congwen was found guilty of pocketing over 110,000 U.S. dollars
00:14in a subcontracting scheme.
00:16He abused his position by pressuring the city's social welfare department to use services
00:21provided by a company he controlled.
00:23Other defendants, including Chen's wife, received lighter sentences.
00:27The verdict can still be appealed.