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taiwan people's party chairman ko wen-je was involved in the jinghua city scandal while serving as mayor of taipei. the taipei district prosecutors office searched and interviewed ko wen-je and others in seven directions early in the morning on the 30th. it is understood that after ko wen-je was transferred to the taipei district prosecutors office for re-interrogation, he refused to be interrogated at night on the 31st and said to the prosecutor, "please arrest me in court." the prosecutor immediately held a meeting and decided to arrest him in court. ko will then apply to the court for a trial.

ko wen-je's appointed lawyer zheng shenyuan said that throughout yesterday, the icac and prosecutors' questioning focused on political donations and had not yet asked about the jinghua city case. however, because it was too late, ko wen-je was unable to accept such questioning and therefore advocated refusing the night interrogation.

the northern district prosecutors office said that during the interrogation of ko wen-je by the prosecutor in the early morning of the 31st, the defendant expressed his unwillingness to continue the interrogation and wanted to leave the investigation court. the prosecutor told ko wen-je that he could rest first and then be interrogated, but ko wen-je still refused. after consideration, ko wen-je was suspected of committing the crime of seeking profit under article 6, paragraph 1, clause 4 of the anti-corruption act, and there were sufficient facts to prove that he was suspected of colluding with accomplices and witnesses. if ko wen-je was allowed to leave freely before completing the interrogation procedure, the risk of the case being unclear would increase sharply and hinder the purpose of the investigation, so the prosecutor ordered the arrest in court.

it is reported that ko wen-je and his defense counsel have expressed their intention to exercise the right to review the case, and the procedure is currently underway.

public information shows that ko wen-je's appointed lawyer zheng shenyuan has a great background. he graduated from the 40th judicial officer training class and has served as a prosecutor in the black gold team in tainan and taipei and a former prosecutor in the special investigation team. he has an international anti-money laundering certificate and related majors in securities and accounting. he specializes in financial cases. during his tenure as prosecutor general, he handled high-profile cases such as chen shui-bian's second financial reform case, lee teng-hui's secret account case, and the bribery case of lin yi-shih, the former "secretary-general" of the executive yuan.

in addition, while in the special investigation team, zheng shenyuan participated in the investigation of the lobbying case of dpp legislator ko chien-ming. after becoming a lawyer in 2014, he defended artist niu cheng-ze in a sexual assault case.