some nations hold their ex-presidents accountable

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i suggest we do the same

Taiwan Detains Ex-President


SHANGHAI — Chen Shui-bian, the former president of Taiwan, was detained by police in Taipei on Tuesday after prosecutors sought his formal arrest on corruption and money laundering charges, according to Taipei television.

Mr. Chen, who served as president from 2000 until earlier this year and headed the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party, was led to court in handcuffs Tuesday afternoon. He paused briefly before cameras, raised his arms up over his head and shouted: “Long Live Taiwanese independence” and “political oppression.”

The detention was part of a widening corruption investigation that has already ensnared several of Mr. Chen’s senior aides, as well as his wife, son, daughter and brother- in-law, each of whom has been named a defendant in the case. Mr. Chen’s wife is now on trial in Taipei for money laundering.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/world/asia/12taiwan.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=slogind=print