political persecution

Taipei Times - archives: "Prosecutors in charge of investigating former president Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) alleged corruption and money-laundering activities yesterday confirmed they had frozen the bank accounts, stock holdings and real estate holdings of several members of Chen's family.

Chen Yun-nan (陳雲南), spokesperson for the Supreme Prosecutors' Office's Special Investigation Panel (SIP) which is in charge of investigating the cases, said that the SIP had sent official notices to banks, securities companies and government land offices on Oct. 23 requesting that they freeze those assets so that if members of the former first family were found guilty, the illegal profits could be returned."