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Supreme Court upholds sentences for retired detective in fatal shooting
Taipei, July 3 (CNA) A retired Chiayi County police detective convicted of fatally shooting a man during a dispute over an earthmoving business has had his convictions and individual sentences finalized after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal.
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