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former taipei mayor and people's party chairman ko wen-je was detained by prosecutors for the jinghua city case, and the no. 1 fish and fruit market reconstruction project was also criticized. taipei city councilor you shu-hui criticized that the project bidding can reduce the number of items, but the main function cannot be reduced. however, ko wen-je ruled that the fish and fruit market was cheaply contracted by reducing the number of items. the original plan was a 6-story fruit and vegetable market and an 8-story fish wholesale market, but they only reluctantly contracted the 5th floor. they first spent 12.5 billion yuan to build an unfinished building. as long as there is no additional construction or renewal, the two markets cannot be used.

you shu-hui pointed out that engineering projects can be contracted out by reducing items, but the main functions cannot be reduced, forcing the next mayor to pay additional bills. the fish and fruit market's cheap-handed contracting of reduced items was ko wen-je's order at the morning meeting. according to the "public works committee" regulations, such major projects should have been planned in advance and then budgeted and submitted to the council for review. however, in order to achieve his re-election achievements, ko rushed and violated procedures from the beginning, which led to the budget getting out of control and a market reconstruction project costing nearly nt$20 billion, which is almost more expensive than the main project of the taipei dome.

she said that the public works committee had written to her in the past, clearly stating that for cases that have been repeatedly cancelled, the reasons for the cancellation or re-tendering should be reviewed, and that cases that are due to insufficient budget or wasteful design should not be forced to be re-tendered. even if there is a need to reduce the number of items in the tender due to budget constraints, the quality and functional requirements of the project should not be affected.

you shuhui questioned that the ko administration ignored the letter from the public works committee and actually decided to build the 5th floor of the originally planned 6-story fruit and vegetable market and the 8-story fish wholesale market first and reluctantly awarded the contract, spending 12.5 billion yuan to build an unfinished building. as long as there is no additional construction, the two markets cannot be used. "is this reasonable? isn't this illegal?"

wang hongwei, a kmt legislator, said that the reason ko wen-je has such great political power in the past ten years is that he cracked down on the "five major corruption cases" and called "garbage regardless of blue or green", labeling both the blue and green parties as corrupt and embezzling parties. even though ko wen-je made many political mistakes during his tenure as mayor of taipei, his supporters still gave him a lot of space. now he is caught up in corruption suspicions, which is even more ridiculous than the five major corruption cases he mentioned. if this is true, the third force in ko wen-je may collapse.

lin jingxian, taiwan correspondent of strait herald