Former Changhua County council speaker Pai Hung-shen (白鴻森), who absconded to China late last year, was repatriated yesterday and immediately began serving his 46-month jail sentence.
Pai, his brother-in-law Lo Dao-chien (羅道堅) and friend Yang Hao-hsiung (楊浩雄) were arrested by Chinese police in Xiamen on Thursday, Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) Deputy Commissioner Chiu Feng-kuang (邱豐光) said.
CIB officers took over from Chinese police in Kinmen yesterday afternoon and boarded a flight back to Taipei.
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The former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) speaker was sentenced in May 2006 to eight years in prison for misappropriating about NT$890,000 (US$28,000) to treat friends and supporters at hostess bars.
He was found guilty of corruption and ordered to return the money.
Pai, who was scheduled to start serving his sentence in June, was diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome and became a fugitive on Dec. 13 after escaping from Taichung Veterans General Hospital, where he had been admitted for heart surgery, but went missing.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court granted an appeal on his case and reduced his sentence to three years and 10 months in prison for returning the money.
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