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taiwan people's party chairman and former taipei mayor ko wen-je was summoned by the prosecutors yesterday for the jinghua city case. in the early morning of the 31st, he refused to be questioned for fatigue and wanted to leave the investigation court, but was ordered to be arrested by the prosecutors. ko's lawyer brought the case to the court and revealed that the prosecutors asked about the jinghua city case after asking about the political donation case. ko could not accept the round-the-clock questioning. the taipei district court ruled at noon to reject ko wen-je's application for retrial. the central emergency response team of the people's party said that it respected the taipei district court's ruling, but questioned that it was very different from the previous standards and supported ko wen-je's right to seek legal relief.

ko wen-je's appointed lawyer zheng shenyuan said that when ko wen-je was interrogated, the prosecutor's questions revolved around the political donations of the mu ke company, and only later did they ask about the jinghua city case. ko wen-je could not accept this kind of "round-the-clock" interrogation, so he insisted on refusing the night interrogation.

the taipei district prosecutors' office stated that during the interrogation, ko refused to be interrogated at night. the prosecutor suggested that he should rest before interrogating again, but ko still refused. the prosecutor determined that ko was seriously suspected of collusion and that there were sufficient facts to prove that he might have colluded with others. if he was allowed to leave before the interrogation was completed, the case might become unclear and might hinder the purpose of the investigation, so he was arrested in court.

the lawyer said that he was considering appealing the result of the petition for retrial. according to the criminal procedure law, if a petitioner is dissatisfied with the retrial decision, he or she may appeal within 10 days of receipt of the petition.

lin jingxian, taiwan correspondent of strait herald