TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Taiwan High Court ordered a retrial for a money laundering case against former President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) on Wednesday (Aug. 28).

The High Court questioned the appropriateness of legal proceedings in the case against Chen to date, per CNA. On this basis, it sent the case back to Taipei District Court, which threw out the case in 2015, for retrial.

The case against the Democratic Progressive Party's Chen was dismissed in 2015 because the former president was found to be in poor health. In May, the Taipei District Court again rejected the case on the basis that the statute of limitations on the alleged crime had expired in 2016.

During the 2015 trial, prosecutors argued Chen and his wife, former Legislator Wu Shu-chen (吳淑珍), accepted NT$10 million (NT$312,886) in bribes while Chen was president. They said the pair accepted the bribes from former Taipei 101 Director Chen Min-hsun (陳敏薰).

Chen Min-hsun received a commuted prison sentence for corruption charges in 2012. Chen Shui-bian was first jailed on corruption charges in 2009 and has been free on medical release since 2015.