Taiwan court hands former president Ma Ying-jeou 4-month jail term over information leak

Taiwan's Beijing-friendly leader Ma Ying-jeou

Taiwan's Beijing-friendly leader Ma Ying-jeou Source: AFP

A court in Taiwan on Tuesday sentenced former president Ma Ying-jeou to four months jail over a leak of information related to national security, legal documents showed, but he vowed to appeal, and could avoid jail altogether by paying a fine.
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