Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian's treasurer, Chen Chen-hui, pled guilty Thursday to four charges against her including forgery, perjury, embezzlement and money laundering. She was indicted in an embezzlement case involving Chen Shui-bian and his family.

Chen Chen-hui, considered a key witness in this case, told a court that she brought money to Chen Shui-bian's home and forged financial documents under the orders of the former leader's wife Wu Shu-chen.

During her previous appearance in court on Feb. 4, the former treasurer only pled guilty to two of the charges - forgery and perjury. Then, she said she had transmitted money to some bank accounts under the request of Chen's wife during the eight years when Chen Shui-bian was in office. She said she had no idea the money was illegal.

Ten of the 14 defendants in the corruption case linked to Chen Shui-bian have pled guilty to the charges against them.

Chen Shui-bian and his wife Wu Shu-chen were charged with embezzling 104 million New Taiwan dollars (3.15 million U.S. dollars) in public funds and accepting bribes of about 9 million U.S. dollars in a land purchase deal.

On Feb. 10, Wu Shu-chen only pled guilty to some of the crimes she was accused of.

She confessed to involvement in counterfeiting documents and laundering 2.2 million U.S. dollars overseas, but did not admit to embezzling "confidential funds."

(Xinhua News Agency February 21, 2009)