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 TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Prosecutors indicted presidential hopeful Ma Ying-jeou on corruption charges Tuesday, dealing a blow to the Harvard-educated lawyer widely considered to be a front-runner.
Ma denied the charges in a televised speech and announced that he would run for president next year. Many have high hopes he will be able to improve Taiwan's rocky relations with rival China, which has repeatedly threatened to attack.
"I want to face the people and prove my innocence," he said, adding, "Ma Ying-jeou won't be knocked down."
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