Chiang Kai-shek's great-grandson indicted in Taiwan

A great-grandson of former Taiwanese leader Chiang Kai-shek was charged Thursday with making threats against staff at his old school. Andrew Chiang You-ching was detained for questioning early this month after the Taipei American School told police he had threatened the institution and its staff. The 23-year-old was later released on bail of Tw$80,000 ($2,710). "Since August, Andrew Chiang had frequently posted threats on his Facebook page and e-mailed them to relevant school staff," prosecutors in the Taipei District Court said in the indictment. If convicted he could face a jail term of up to four years. Chiang is the youngest of the three children of Chiang Hsiao-yung, the grandson of Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war in China to the communists, and was president of the island until his death in 1975. Chiang Hsiao-yung died of cancer in 1996. Andrew Chiang was born in Canada and spent a long time in the United States. It was not clear when he attended the school in Taipei.