Taiwan's high court announced a verdict of "not guilty" on Friday for the second trial of Former Kuomintang (KMT) party chairman Ma Ying-jeou in special fund case. Ma was accused of misusing more than 11 million New Taiwan dollars (330,000 U.S. dollars) in expense funds during his tenure as mayor of Taipei. Ma's second trial began on Oct. 5, nearly two months after he was cleared by a lower court on Aug. 14. Prosecutors in Taipei then successfully appealed to the high court against Ma's acquittal. In August 2006, legislators from the DPP accused Ma of misusing expense funds during his tenure as Taipei mayor. Ma resigned as chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan's leading opposition party, after being indicted on Feb. 13, but declared that he would run for the 2008 Taiwan leader election. The KMT endorsed Ma as its candidate on June 24. Ma has made Vincent Siew, a veteran economist, his running mate. The expense funds, also known as special allowance funds, are allocated by the Taiwan authorities to executive officers. Official receipts are required for half of the funds. The spending of the other half only requires the signature of the official.

　　台湾高级法院星期五对前国民党主席马英九的特别费案作出无罪的二审判决。马英九被控在担任台北市长期间挪用超过11，000，000新台币（330，000美元）的消费基金。马英九的二审始于10月5日，距他在8月14日被低一级法院宣告无罪将近两个月。台北检查官之后向高级法院对他的无罪释放成功提起上诉。2006年8月，民进党议员控告马英九在担任台北市长期间挪用特别费。在2月13日被指控后，马英九辞去了中国国民党，台湾最大的在野党主席的职务，并宣布他将参加2008年台湾领导人选举。6月24日国民党推荐马英九作为它的候选人。马英九选定萧万长，一位资深经济学家作为他的竞选伙伴。消费基金，即所谓的特别费是由台湾当局分配给行政长官的。其中的一半资金需要官方收据。另一半仅要求长官的个人签名。