Chen Shui-bian keeps silent at court session

“Should the money be political contributions,” Lin said, “there's no need whatsoever to remit it abroad and claim it's a fund for the establishment of a republic of Taiwan.”

Citing an admonition from the Emperor Taizhong of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), the prosecutor said a government official should consider their remuneration to come from the people, who should be defrauded, while they shouldn't try to cheat the son of Heaven.

Those officials who took bribes are considered to have no conscience.

The president is a public office holder. “You are a man without conscience,” Lin told the former president in court.

“And yet,” she went on, “the former president isn't contrite and claims the judiciary is persecuting him.” “It's the judiciary that is being persecuted by the ex-president,” she pointed out.

But Lin did not demand the punishment President Chen deserves. It's customary that the prosecutor demands a sentence to be given a defendant at the debate session.

If she did, Chen might have to be sentenced to life, if convicted.

Only President Chen is still under detention.

He has been held since December 30 last year.

His defense attorneys demanded that Chen be released on bail, but Tsai did not comply.

Tsai is expected to hand down his verdicts on all four cases on September 11.

Now that his client has attended his last hearing, Tseng said, there is no need for continuing his detention until the court rules on the cases.

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