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on august 30, the taipei district prosecutors' office and the "integrity commission" summoned people's party chairman ko wen-je and four others for questioning regarding the jinghua city case. ko wen-je was transferred to the taipei district prosecutors' office for re-interrogation on the early morning of the 31st on charges of profiteering. ko wen-je believed that this was a fatigue interrogation and intended to leave the district prosecutors' office, but was arrested in court by the prosecutor.

according to china times news, the central emergency response team of the people's party stated that ko wen-je had been under investigation for nearly 19 hours, and fully supported ko's refusal to accept the prosecutor's lengthy and exhausting interrogation. it also called on the court to carefully examine the legality of the arrest procedure when bringing the case to trial.

the emergency response team stated that ko wen-je had actively cooperated with the investigation since the prosecutors came to his home with a search warrant at 7 a.m. on the 30th. after a marathon investigation and interrogation by the "integrity commission", he was transferred to the taipei district prosecutors office for further interrogation at 0:30 a.m. on the 31st and continued until around 2 a.m., so the investigation process had lasted nearly 19 hours.

the emergency response team pointed out that after such a long period of cooperation in the investigation and interrogation, ko wen-je told the prosecutor that he refused to be interrogated at night, but the prosecutor insisted on continuing the interrogation at night. in order to continue to restrict ko wen-je's personal freedom, the prosecutor ordered ko wen-je to be arrested in court at around 2 a.m. regarding the legality of this arrest procedure, ko wen-je's defense lawyer said that he would request a trial in court.

the emergency response team emphasized that the people's party fully supports ko wen-je's defense of his legal procedural rights and his refusal to accept the prosecutor's lengthy and exhausting interrogation. it also called on the court to carefully examine the legality of the arrest procedure during the retrial process and give ko wen-je the justice he deserves.

ko wen-je, chairman of the people's party, who is embroiled in the political donation fraud case and the housing subsidy scandal, announced at a press conference on the afternoon of august 29 that he would take a three-month leave of absence, temporarily resign from his position as chairman of the people's party, and request an investigation by the central evaluation commission.

the taipei district prosecutors office and the taiwan authorities' "integrity commission" raided the residence of people's party chairman ke wenzhe on the 30th and took ke wenzhe to the "integrity commission" for investigation. ke wenzhe emphasized that he was open and had no problems.

the search operation is related to the jinghuacheng scandal that broke out during ko wen-je's tenure as mayor of taipei. the plot ratio of the jinghuacheng shopping mall in taipei, which was invested by the viking group, increased dramatically from 560% to 840% during ko wen-je's tenure. the outside world suspected that ko wen-je profited from it.

"ko wen-je's biggest problem is not the controversy over the falsification of party donations and subsidies going into his personal pocket, but the 'jinghua city case' during his tenure as mayor of taipei." lin huo-wang, a retired professor of philosophy at national taiwan university, pointed out that the possibility of falsification of party donations and corruption in subsidies is small, and it is more of a moral flaw.

the "jinghuacheng case" is very likely to involve corruption. two key figures, kuomintang taipei city councilor ying hsiao-wei and weijing group chairman shen qingjing, were detained and denied access to visitors the night before, indicating that the dpp authorities are accelerating the investigation of the case, and ko wen-je does not rule out the possibility of imprisonment.