Taiwan president's wife to face corrution charges

TAIPEI, Nov 3 (Reuters) Government prosecutors will file corruption charges against Taiwan's first lady, Wu Shu-chen, along with other officials in the government of President Chen Shui-bian, the high court prosecutor said today.

The high court will charge Chen's wife with corruption, faking evidence and faking documents in the case, involving the misuse of more than 14.8 million Taiwanese dollars the prosecutor's office said in a statement.

Wu has previously denied any wrongdoing.

Others that the prosecutor plans to file charges against include Ma Yong-cheng, a former close aide to Chen, according to the statement.

The filing of charges stems from a case involving Chen and those around him, and their possible under-documented use of funds from a special state affairs budget.

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