Taiwan's Kuomintang Party's new chairman, Wu Poh-hsiung (L), shook hands with his fellow candidate, female lawmaker Hung Hsiu-chu, after voting in the Kuomintang's election for a new leader on Saturday, April 7, 2007.[Photo: cn-rn.com]

BEIJING, April 7 -- Taiwan's main opposition party Kuomintang (KMT) elected Wu Poh-hsiung as its new leader on Saturday, after its former chairman resigned amid an indictment against him on corruption charges.

Wu, born in 1939, graduated from Taiwan-based Cheng-kung University, and had been the secretary-general of KMT's central committee, head of Taoyuan County and mayor of Taipei before he was elected the KMT vice-chairman in 2000.

The former KMT chairman Ma Ying-jeou submitted his resignation on February 13 after he was indicted on charges of corruption. Taiwan prosecutors said Ma diverted 11 million New Taiwan dollars (333,000 U.S. dollars) from Taipei's special allowance funds to his private account during his tenure as mayor of Taipei.