Failed assassin seeks compensation for authoritarian rule jail time

Deh Tzu-tsai (鄭自才), a former dissident who conspired to assassinate then Vice Premier Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國) in the United States in 1970, appeared in court on Tuesday seeking compensation for a yearlong prison term he served in Taiwan on separate charges more than 30 years ago.

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