Three years ago, Professor Jay Tu of North Carolina State University wrote me concerning the plight of the former president of Taiwan, Mr Chen Shui-Bian. Mr. Chen was jailed immediately after his two terms as President of Taiwan for corruption, real or imagined.  Jay felt no one was paying attention to this prisoner’s treatment in jail as well as the false charges against him. At first I did not see much of an issue, as I got the same impression as everyone else – that Mr. Chen was a corrupted politician.