Across China: Taiwan

Ex-leader's assets frozen

A Taiwan court has frozen the domestic assets of former leader Chen Shui-bian, intending to use the money to pay off a fine he was handed on top of a life jail term for graft, a spokesman said yesterday.

"The assets include money deposited in the Chen family's domestic bank accounts, shares, houses and land," Chen Yun-nan, a spokesman of the Taipei district court, told reporters.