Prosecutors in Taipei have appealed to the "high court" of
Taiwan against the acquittal of Ma Ying-jeou, candidate of the
Kuomintang (KMT) for the Taiwan leader election, according to
Taiwan media reports.
It means that the special fund case involving the former Taipei
mayor has entered its second round of judicial procedure.
Ma was accused of misusing more than 11 million New Taiwan
dollars (US$330,000) in expense funds during his tenure as mayor of
Taipei.
Ma resigned as chairman of the KMT, Taiwan's leading opposition
party, after being indicted on Februrary 13, but declared that he
would run for the 2008 Taiwan leader election.
The Taipei District Court announced a verdict of "not guilty" on
Tuesday.
(Xinhua News Agency August 18, 2007)