A well-known Taiwanese heart doctor has been finally convicted of taking bribes on hospital equipment deals, closing a case that ran for 15 years.

• Lin Chi-min, former head of cardiology at the health ministry's Keelung Hospital, took NT$250,000 from a supplier during a 2011 purchase of heart imaging equipment.
• He sat on the buying committee and checked bidders' specs, but hid the fact that three "competing" bidders were run by the same person.
• His sentence swung wildly: 11 years, then acquittal at retrial, then guilty again at six years — now upheld by the Supreme Court.
• Judges backed the bribe claim using building security footage of a paper bag being handed over, plus a courtroom test showing a bag of cash that size fits in one hand.
• A separate conviction for a second NT$200,000 bribe, with a sentence of seven and a half years, was already final.

Outlook: Lin will serve the six-year term, lose civil rights for three years, and forfeit the bribe money, with no further appeal available.