Chen Shui-bian’s accountant has been released

A former accountant at the Office of the President, Chen Chen-hui was arrested on Sept. 25 on charges of forgery to help the former first family launder a slush fund, which was remitted abroad.

Special Counsel prosecutors did not ask for an extension of Chen Chen-hui’s detention, sources said. If they did, she might have had to stay behind bars and incommunicado for another two months.

“She has told everything she knows about the slush fund and money laundering,” one source said, “and there was no reason she had to be kept behind bars any longer.”

At least US$21 million was remitted to two Swiss banks for money laundering, Special Counsel sources said.

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