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taiwan people's party chairman ko wen-je and former taipei deputy mayor peng zhen-sheng were implicated in the jinghua city scandal and were detained by the taipei district prosecutors' office on charges of taking bribes and seeking personal gain. as prosecutors requested a restriction on access to case files on the grounds of future investigation into the case, the taipei district court held a restricted access hearing at 8:30 this morning. prosecutors required defense lawyers to take notes on the spot when reading the detention files and were not allowed to copy them.

it is understood that the lawyers have read the case files at 10:30. ke wenzhe and peng zhensheng were gathered in the same courtroom under the surveillance of the prosecutors and were forbidden to talk to each other. after reading the case files, the lawyers will meet with ke and peng to exchange opinions. the taipei district court is expected to hold a detention hearing at 8 pm to decide whether the two should be detained without visiting each other.

in total, ko wen-je's residence was searched by the prosecutors and the icac at 7 a.m. on august 30. he went to the icac to explain the situation at noon that day. he was arrested in court by the prosecutors, requested for a trial, and the prosecutors requested detention, until the detention hearing at 8 p.m. on the 1st. it is estimated that he spent a total of 44 hours in the waiting room.

ko wen-je was detained and denied access to visitors by the taipei district prosecutors' office, and the people's party fell into crisis. tsai bi-ru, an adviser to the taichung city government who was seen as a popular candidate for acting party chairman, emphasized on the 1st that she was "not qualified."

tsai bi-ru, one of the founding members of the people's party, pointed out that she had no intention of becoming party chairperson and that she had never held a party position in the past, so she was not qualified.

tsai said that the people's party central committee has set up an emergency response team, with legislator huang kuo-chang and others serving as conveners, so that the party can still operate when ko wen-je is absent. as for future plans, tsai said that she will work hard to play her role well, continue to work hard in taichung, and represent the people's party to challenge the next legislators.

lin jingxian, taiwan correspondent of strait herald