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taiwan people's party chairman ko wen-je was involved in the jinghua city scandal and was detained by prosecutors on august 31. huang kuo-chang, convener of the central emergency response team of the people's party, zhou yu-xiu, secretary-general of the party, zhang qi-kai, former legislator chen wan-hui, and chen zhi-han, director of the party group, held another press conference today, asking the taipei district prosecutors office to explain who is spreading rumors and not just "not confirming" them.

huang kuo-chang said that before the press release of the prosecutors' request for detention came out, online media reported in an "exclusive" report that ko wen-je was found to have unknown financial flows, and that "the northern district prosecutors' office is considering changing the request for detention to the felony of accepting bribes." in addition, mirror weekly also reported in an exclusive manner, claiming that ko wen-je and his wife had nt$7 million in their account with unknown funds, and even described chen pei-chi depositing millions of cash in batches into an atm. huang kuo-chang said that this practice is simply guiding public opinion and judging before trial, and called out to the new head of the legal department, zheng mingqian, saying that didn't they just say that they would abide by the "non-disclosure of investigations"?

huang kuo-chang criticized that the prosecutors applied for a search warrant on the grounds of the jinghuacheng case, but went to the central party headquarters to conduct illegal, fishing-style searches, rummaging through boxes and cabinets to find any evidence that could frame ko wen-je. what is the relationship between the central party headquarters and the jinghuacheng case? the northern district prosecutors office also bombarded ko wen-je with interrogation until late at night, not asking about jinghuacheng, but about "mu ke" and political donations. even the reason for the announcement of ko wen-je's arrest was jinghuacheng. why did they ask about case a but arrest him with case b? huang kuo-chang emphasized that it is completely unacceptable for the prosecutors to handle the case in such a way that tramples on legal procedures. this will only make the judiciary a tool for political persecution, not to achieve the fairness and justice that the people expect.

"today's ko wen-je may be you tomorrow!" zhang qikai said that the taiwanese people and even the world are watching whether taiwan's rule of law is regressing. who is destroying the "abc of the rule of law" that is not open to the public? the media reports 1.7 million and 7 million at one moment. who is making the claims?

chen wanhui choked up and called out to taiwan leader lai ching-te, saying that ko wen-je has been investigated until now, why is the investigation not open? she said lai has been asking public opinion institutions to seek procedural justice, but now the taipei prosecutors have released this information, asking lai to ask himself with his conscience.

the media asked, the people's party mentioned that the investigation was not open, but the spokesperson and supporters called on the prosecutors to produce evidence. is this a contradiction? huang kuo-chang said that he did not know what the logic of this question was. isn't it the most basic spirit of the rule of law to ask the prosecutors to handle the case according to the evidence?

chen zhihan said that the northern district prosecutors office issued a press release and released a lot of news about the people's party, such as 1.7 million and 7 million. after the people's party issued a statement, the northern district prosecutors office responded that it would not confirm the sources of these news. however, the northern district prosecutors office should fully explain where the sources of the news came from. if no sources of news were revealed to the media, how could the media report it in this way? this should be explained by the northern district prosecutors office, instead of just saying "not confirmed" to get away with it.

lin jingxian, taiwan correspondent of strait herald