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the people's party chairman and former taipei mayor ko wen-je has been charged with profiteering in the jinghua city case and other cases. the taipei district prosecutors office has intensively summoned more than a dozen former and current members of the taipei city "urban planning committee" to testify. it is understood that in the investigation of the jinghua city case, taiwan's anti-corruption unit has made another big move today (28th), interviewing shen qingjing, chairman of the weijing group headquarters, and ying xiaowei, a member of the kuomintang taipei city council, and searching their offices.

ko wen-je was reported to have increased the plot ratio of the jinghua city project to 840% during his tenure as mayor of taipei, and was suspected of being involved in a profiteering case. the taiwan prosecutors' office and the taiwan integrity commission have stepped up their investigation. this morning, the taipei district prosecutors' office directed the taiwan "integrity commission" to conduct multiple searches and interviews. in addition to searching the offices and residences of the person in charge of jinghua city, shen qingjing, the chairman of the weijing group headquarters, and others, they also interviewed taipei city councilor ying hsiao-wei, who was taken to the council office this morning and is still under search.

it is reported that ko wen-je once said that before taipei deputy mayor peng zhensheng convened the "metropolitan council" for discussion, he had a "bento meeting" with taipei city councilor ying hsiao-wei. ying hsiao-wei petitioned ko about the jinghua city case and was believed to be the person who brokered the petition.

because the plot ratio of the king's park project reached 840%, the outside world questioned whether the consideration for the project volume incentive and public welfare feedback measures was symmetrical, and whether the taipei city government's senior officials were involved in the volume incentive of king's park through the metropolitan municipal committee.

taiwan prosecutors are investigating and have recently summoned peng zhensheng, chen chuntong, chen mingji, song zhenmai and more than a dozen former and current members of the "metropolitan committee" to appear in court to investigate the signing and handling process of the jinghua city plot ratio case. among them, peng zhensheng was found by the prosecutors to be suspected of committing the "anti-corruption law for profit" crime and was ordered to restrict his exit from the "country", sea travel and residence; the rest of the witnesses were asked to return after questioning.

it is understood that in may, the taiwan prosecutor's office summoned civil servants from the taipei city government's urban development bureau, urban renewal office and other units who were in charge of jinghua city business as witnesses.

according to the meeting minutes, ying hsiao-wei not only discussed the jinghuacheng case three times in the "bento meetings", but also held two coordination meetings for jinghuacheng on june 23 and july 1, 2020. the meeting was held in the councilor's office. many officials were present at the time, which finally gave rise to "plan four" and entered the taipei city "metropolitan committee".

people familiar with the matter said that although ying hsiao-wei asked officials to help jinghua city find a way out of the predicament, it does not mean that officials have to pay for it. the taipei city government has the administrative power to study the case and decide whether to assist. ying hsiao-wei was summoned because she had connections. the problem lies in the private contact between ko wen-je and shen qingjing.

insiders mentioned that ko wen-je and shen ching-jing were brought together by former taipei city deputy mayor huang shanshan. huang shanshan has been in politics for at least 30 years, from councillor to deputy mayor to legislator, and has a background in the taiwan military system, so she knows many financial backers. of course, huang also knows shen ching-jing, who was quite supportive of huang shanshan in the past, so huang shanshan cannot cut off ko wen-je at all, and there is a symbiotic relationship behind them.

taipei city councillor you shuhui said that the prosecutors and investigators would certainly question the relevant people, but the focus was not on the "bento meeting". the "bento meeting" was short, and ko wen-je promised too many things. the sop (standard operating procedure) was to ask the departments to study and reply to the councillors. however, in the jinghuacheng case, ko wen-je gave three clear instructions to "actively assist in handling", which means that ko understood the case before the "bento meeting". ko wen-je also privately asked about the details of peng zhensheng's case. the councillors mentioned it, but the mayor has the final say.(lin jingxian, strait herald reporter in taiwan)