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taiwan people's party chairman ko wen-je was taken away by the taiwan authorities' anti-corruption agency ("icac") for investigation on august 30 because of his involvement in the jinghua city scandal during his tenure as mayor of taipei. according to taiwanese media reports on august 31, ko wen-je refused to be interrogated at night because he was dissatisfied with the prosecutors' fatigue interrogation. after discussion, the prosecutors arrested ko wen-je in court.

according to reports, after entering the investigation court, ko wen-je expressed his fatigue to the prosecutors and repeatedly asked the prosecutors to rest. the prosecutors only allowed him to rest for three hours, but ko wen-je thought it was not enough, and the prosecutors said that if he did not rest, he would be arrested in court. ko wen-je's lawyer believed that the prosecutors wanted to continue the fatigue investigation and that the arrest was flawed.

ko wen-je relaxed the plot ratio of jinghua city while serving as mayor of taipei, and was accused of bribery.

prior to this, the taiwan authorities' "integrity commission" went to ke wenzhe's residence in taipei city to conduct a search on the morning of august 30. after a 4.5-hour search, ke wenzhe walked out of the door of his residence and said, "i am very open." afterwards, ke wenzhe got in his own car and followed the "integrity commission" car to the "integrity commission" for interrogation. at the same time, ke wenzhe's office in the taipei glass building was also searched.

in response to the search of the central party headquarters, ko wen-je's office, and ko wen-je's residence on august 30, the people's party issued a statement calling on relevant departments to strictly abide by due process during the search process and not to take actions that exceed the necessary scope of the investigation. the people's party also called on relevant departments to abide by the principle of non-disclosure of the investigation, not to lead the outside world to judge before trial, and to damage the reputation of party chairman ko wen-je, and to wait for the investigation to restore the truth, and fully support ko wen-je in defending his innocence.

on the afternoon of august 29, the people's party held a press conference, and ke wenzhe announced that he would take a three-month leave and temporarily leave the position of chairman of the people's party. he said that a series of events had severely damaged his and the people's party's reputation and image, and disappointed supporters, and "i also need to reflect on myself."

taiwanese media stated that ko wen-je's previous image as an "honest and anti-corruption" person has been completely overturned, and now he has given the outside world a new impression of "loving money like his life."