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Ma Ying-jeou indicted, will resign as KMT chairman

AP reports: TAIPEI, Taiwan - Prosecutors filed corruption charges Tuesday against opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou, a Harvard-educated lawyer many thought would be Taiwan's next president. The prosecutors said Ma had diverted $333,000 from a Taipei city... ...full story at Peking Duck

from Peking Duck on Tue, Feb 13 2007

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