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ke wenzhe was "detained and denied access to visitors". if convicted, he will be sentenced to a minimum of 5 years. his wife choked up: her husband is innocent

2024-09-01

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in taiwan, people's party chairman ko wen-je was involved in the jinghuacheng case. on the 31st, the prosecutors determined that he was guilty of a serious crime and requested to be detained without visiting anyone. ko wen-je's wife chen pei-chi arrived at the scene in the evening after a day of absence to prove ko wen-je's innocence. she choked up during her speech.

the prosecutors of the taipei district prosecutors office held another investigation court on the afternoon of the 31st. after questioning ke wenzhe and former taipei deputy mayor peng zhensheng, they determined that the twosuspected of committinganti-corruption ordinancecrimes such as "civil servants accepting bribes in violation of their duties" and "seeking profit"if convicted, the minimum sentence is 5 years.so i applied to the court for detention and no visitors.

the people's party issued a new statement, emphasizing that ko wen-je handled the jinghuacheng case in full accordance with the law and made the entire process public. it is incomprehensible that the taipei district prosecutor's office found that he violated his duties and sought personal gain. the prosecutor's claim that ko wen-je accepted bribes has no relevant basis.the people's party will fully support ko wen-je's legal actions to defend his innocence.

taiwanese media reported that ko wen-je had about nt$7 million of property of unknown origin. the task force found that his wife chen pei-chi had taken large sums of cash to atms many times, with the amount reaching millions of taiwan dollars. when chen pei-chi was asked about this, she emphasized that the money was given by her husband ko wen-je, and when ko wen-je was asked where the money came from, he could only say that he didn't know.

a lawyer pointed out thatthe discovery of unknown financial flows may greatly increase the chances of ko wen-je being detained.if ko wen-je is unable to explain the source of the funds, he may be involved in the crime of public servants having property of unknown origin; if it comes from the jinghuacheng case, he may be involved in the crime of bribery and accepting bribes, which is punishable by more than seven years in prison.

ke wenzhe's wife chen pei-chi arrived outside the taipei district prosecutor's office at 10:41 p.m. on the 31st. the crowd at the scene kept shouting "come on, pei-chi" and "come on, master's wife." chen pei-chi tried hard to prove her husband's innocence and choked up during her speech.she criticized the media for false reports and clarified that there was no unknown source of property.

ke wenzhe's wife chen pei-chi:

"as for the claim that we have a large amount of unknown sources of wealth, i have to say that this is not true. every penny of my money came from clearly, cleanly, and clearly, and i explained these sources to the prosecutors yesterday (30th). i think it is exaggerated that many media outlets are now citing some exclusive reports and retelling my testimony yesterday, but these retellings are biased and one-sided. now we are talking about non-disclosure of investigations, so is this non-disclosure of investigations achieved? or is this a kind of reporting that is a pre-trial judgment against my husband?"

chen peiqi said that she would fight to the end with her husband and called on supporters to continue to support the people's party.

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during his tenure as mayor of taipei, people's party chairman ko wen-je was involved in the jinghua city scandal. on the 30th, the taipei district prosecutors' office and the taiwan authorities' "integrity commission" raided the residence of people's party chairman ko wen-je and other places, and took ko wen-je to the "integrity commission" for investigation. in the early morning of the 31st, ko wen-je was transferred from the "integrity commission" to the taipei district prosecutors' office for re-interrogation, butbecause ko wen-je refused to be interrogated at night, he was arrested in court by the prosecutor.

jinghua city was once the world's largest spherical shopping mall. the shopping mall was demolished in 2019. the weijing group, which owns the development rights, originally planned to build four 19-story luxury houses with a reconstruction floor area ratio of 560%.

however, during ke wenzhe's tenure, weijing raised the plot ratio from 560% to 840%, and the reconstruction of the skyrocketing floor area was suspected to have been intended to make a profit of 10 billion yuan.some public opinion questioned whether ko wen-je "escorted" the owners of jinghua city during the relevant decision-making process.