A 65-year-old man kicked former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian in the hip unexpectedly when he entered the Taipei District Court as a defendant in a defamation lawsuit related to the purchase of Lafayette frigates in 1990. Chen ended more than fifty years ruling of Kuomintang (KMT) in Taiwan and took office in 2000. In 2004, he was shot in the stomach while campaigning. He won the Republic of China presidential election narrowly at that year. Scandals were mushroomed during his second-term. It was revealed that his wife was involved in corrupting for abusing government funds using forged documents. Chen was blamed for his party’s defeat in Republic of China legislative election in 2008. Frank Hsieh represented DPP in the presidential election but defeated by KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou. When Chen left his office, he was named as a suspect in a $450,000 fraud case. The case involved the handling of a special presidential fund used to pursue Taiwan’s foreign diplomacy.

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