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taiwan people's party chairman ko wen-je has been embroiled in a scandal recently. according to reports from strait herald, china news service and other media, on the afternoon of the 29th, the people's party held a press conference, where ko wen-je announced that he would take a three-month leave of absence and temporarily leave the position of chairman of the people's party.

ke wenzhe bowed and apologized. video screenshot

recently, political scandals have continued to surround ko wen-je. following the "three major cases" such as the political donation falsification case, he was exposed for using nt$43 million in election subsidies to buy a house and become a "landlord", severely damaging the image of the people's party.

the strait herald stated that ko wen-je's previous personality has been completely overturned, and now he has given the outside world a new impression that he "loves money like his life."

under pressure, the people's party sought to "stop the bleeding" as soon as possible. on the evening of the 28th, the people's party urgently held an expanded cadre meeting and demanded that ke wenzhe resign as party chairman.

on the afternoon of the 29th, the people's party held a press conference and ke wenzhe bowed and apologized. he said that a series of events had severely damaged his and the people's party's reputation and image, and disappointed supporters.

ko wen-je said that after careful consideration, he asked for a three-month leave from the people's party and voluntarily applied for an investigation, "and he also needs to reflect on himself personally."

ko wen-je was born in hsinchu city, taiwan province in august 1959. he is of han nationality and graduated from the national taiwan university school of medicine. he is a taiwanese cardiologist and has practiced medicine at the national taiwan university hospital.

in 2014, ke wenzhe was elected mayor of taipei and was re-elected in 2018. in august 2019, he founded the taiwan people's party and served as the first party chairman. in january this year, ke wenzhe and his partner wu xinying lost in the 2024 taiwan regional leadership election.