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ko wen-je was arrested in court. is he in danger?

2024-08-31

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ko wen-je, the chairman of the people's party, who had just asked for a three-month leave from the party to investigate the scandal of false political donation accounts and the purchase of an office with election subsidies, had his home and office searched again on august 30, and was also taken away for investigation.on the 31st, ko wen-je refused the night interrogation and threatened the prosecutor, "please arrest me in court." the prosecutor immediately held a meeting and decided to arrest him in court. ko will then request a trial in court.

this time, ko wen-je was involved in the much-publicized "jinghua city floor area ratio fraud case." ko wen-je relaxed the floor area ratio of jinghua city to the highest 840% during his tenure as mayor of taipei, and was suspected of profiteering. the prosecutors and investigators launched the investigation as early as may and interviewed many people involved in the case, including many officials during ko wen-je's tenure as mayor of taipei.however, according to reports, the focus of the interrogation on the 30th was all about the false accounting of political donations by mu ke company.

ko wen-je's image has long been ruined by the fake accounting case and the office purchase scandal, and now he is involved in a corruption case.public opinion on the island believes that ke wenzhe is likely to be in danger and may even face imprisonment.ke wenzhe, who once claimed to be "honest" and "commoner", has become the person he hates.netizens on the island couldn't help but sigh: we can only blame him for being too greedy, and time has revealed his true colors.

▲ ke wenzhe got in his own car yesterday and went to taiwan’s anti-corruption unit (taiwan media photo)

a turning point

several key suspects were detained

the "jinghua city case" has been a long-standing controversy. the reason why ke wenzhe was searched was thatthis is because the case has reached a major turning point, and many key persons involved in the case have been detained.and these people are closely related to ko wen-je.

the prosecution pointed out that the case of the "jinghua city case" was that shen qingjing, chairman of the weijing group, was suspected of bribing the kuomintang taipei city councillor ying xiaowei with 45 million yuan (new taiwan dollars, the same below), and through ying xiaowei's lobbying, he pressured ko wenzhe's team to successfully relax the plot ratio of jinghua city. on the 28th, the prosecution divided into 48 groups to search the weijing group, the taipei city council, and the homes of shen qingjing, ying xiaowei and others. on the same day, shen qingjing, ying xiaowei and their assistant wu xiumin were all detained.

according to reports, the prosecutors found that ying xiaowei intended to leave taiwan on the evening of the 27th and was at risk of fleeing, so they urgently arrested her on the 28th. ying xiaowei argued that she did not intend to escape, but was just going to hong kong to buy medicine for her elderly mother. when the prosecutors came to search for shen qingjing, chairman of the weijing group, on the 28th, he went out earlier and hid in the building's escape ladder to try to leave. after being discovered, he argued that he was going to work. the prosecutors therefore believed that he was at risk of fleeing.

peng zhensheng, the former deputy mayor of taipei city, who was also interviewed yesterday, explained to the taipei city council's jinghua city investigation team a few days ago:it was once revealed that the "jinghua city case" was "assigned" by ko wen-je. such a statement is obviously unfavorable to ko wen-je.

▲ jinghua city was once the largest shopping mall in taiwan and the largest spherical mall in asia (taiwanese media photo)

a guess

entangled in a serious crime, is ko wen-je in trouble?

several key suspects were detained, and the "jinghua city case" eventually burned ke wenzhe.on the 30th, ko wen-je's wife chen pei-chi was also summoned for questioning, which made public opinion on the island believe that the case might put ko wen-je in "great danger."

taipei city councillor you shuhui said,chen peiqi testified as a witness, which is a delicate and key point.jinghua city is a municipal issue, what does it have to do with chen peiqi? you shuhui pointed out that there is only one reason to summon chen peiqi: chen peiqi's role was found in the evidence. she believes thatthis proves that ko wen-je and shen qingjing are definitely not just casual acquaintances of the mayor and the business owner, otherwise the mayor's wife would not be involved.

huang yangming, a local media person, said:the worst case scenario for ke wenzhe is to apply for detentionanother media person, xie hanbing, speculated that the prosecutor would definitely request his detention, but the court might eventually decide to grant him bail. he believed that there would still be political considerations in detaining the chairman of an "opposition party".

controversy continues, serious cases are plaguing him, has ko wen-je "fallen"? back when ko wen-je was embroiled in a political donation controversy, taiwanese doctor chen zhijin posted a post lamenting that time is the best tool for seeing through people, revealing their true colors. many taiwanese netizens expressed the same feeling in the comments section of the post: maybe he has not changed, but just lost his mask.

the latest news is that ke wenzhe was arrested in court and then brought to court for trial, but the court ruled to dismiss the application.the prosecution continued the questioning at 3:10 pm today, the 31st.it is reported that the prosecution will divide into two groups of prosecutors to conduct a comprehensive interrogation of the jinghua city case, the political donation case of the mu ke company in the "election", the first fruit, vegetable and fish wholesale market, the beishiko land rights case, the nangang transfer station bot case, etc. the prosecution did not confirm this and the exact case needs to be clarified.