Former minister ordered to pay compensation over wrongful execution

Taiwan's Supreme Court ruled Friday that former Defense Minister Chen Chao-min (陳肇敏) and four other defendants will have to pay a total of NT$59.57 million (US$1.93 million) to the Ministry of National Defense (MND) in compensation for the wrongful execution of an innocent murder suspect.

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