A court early Wednesday resumed a hearing to decide if Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian should be formally detained, a court spokesman told reporters.
   
The hearing was stopped late Tuesday after Chen complained that he had been manhandled by policemen while being arrested earlier that day, and demanded hospital treatment.
   
"The muscle of his right arm was slightly injured, according to doctors' diagnosis...the judges decided to resume the court hearing as the former president is still in good shape," the court spokesman said.
   
Prosecutors are seeking to detain Chen in connection with a long-running corruption probe.
   
The former president, who retired in May after eight years in power, is under investigation for allegedly embezzling 14.8 million Taiwan dollars (480,500 US) from the government.
   
If prosecutors' demands to hold Chen are met, he would become the first former Taiwanese president to be formally detained.