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taiwan people's party chairman ko wen-je was involved in the jinghua city scandal during his tenure as mayor of taipei city. after the taiwan prosecutors applied for his detention yesterday (august 31) afternoon, a detention hearing is expected to be held at 8 p.m. today (september 1).

according to previous reports by taiwanese media, during ko wen-je's tenure as mayor of taipei, the plot ratio of taipei jinghua city surged to 840%, which was questioned by the outside world as ko wen-je's protection of the industry. the taipei district prosecutors office opened a separate investigation in may this year, naming ko wen-je and others as defendants, and directed the "integrity bureau" to collect evidence and interviewed then-deputy mayor peng zhensheng and taipei city government officials for explanation.

taiwan media reported that the taiwan prosecutors and investigators interviewed ko wen-je on august 30. because he refused to be interrogated at night, the prosecutors arrested him in court in the early morning of august 31. ko wen-je and his appointed lawyer believed that the prosecutors' arrest was illegal, and they applied to the court for a trial on the same day, but were rejected. on the afternoon of august 31, the taipei district prosecutors' office held another hearing. the prosecutors believed that ko wen-je was suspected of corruption and profiteering, and that he was suspected of collusion and destruction of evidence, and applied to the court for detention and no-contact. the taipei district prosecutors' office also stated that in addition to the jinghuacheng case, it will be divided into two groups to investigate ko wen-je's other cases, including the beishike, taizhiguang and other five cases.

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ko wen-je spent the night in the basement waiting room of the taipei district court last night. taiwanese media reported that at the same time, dozens of supporters camped outside the taipei district prosecutor's office overnight to protest and demand his release. ko wen-je's wife chen pei-chi, accompanied by taiwan people's party legislator huang shanshan, came to the scene late at night to cheer him up. she choked up and said that every penny of their property was clean and she hoped that everyone would continue to support ko wen-je. it is understood that the taiwan people's party has issued a mobilization order to "protect ko wen-je until he leaves the taipei district prosecutor's office."

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supporters gathered at the taipei district court early this morning to support ko wen-je. ko wen-je's sister ko mei-lan, taiwan people's party legislators huang kuo-chang and chang chi-kai, taipei city councillor huang tsung-ying, taiwan people's party legislative yuan caucus director chen chih-han, taiwan people's party deputy secretary-general hsu fu and others were present to show their support. at noon today, a supporter was sent to the hospital due to illness.

earlier today, ko mei-lan spoke out on facebook, pointing out that "taiwanese democracy is dead, and ko wen-je is just the first martyr to sacrifice. there will be thousands and thousands of ko wen-jes who will go to the dpp's black jail for the sake of taiwan's democracy and anti-corruption."

huang shanshan posted a petition form on facebook today, saying "procedures must be just and justice must be fair." the caption of the petition mentioned, "this is a petition initiated by the taiwan people's party, hoping to gather strength and support chairman ko."

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the taiwan people's party held a press conference this morning, accusing taiwan's anti-corruption agencies of leaking information and influencing public opinion. it pointed out that the anti-corruption agencies and specific media outlets had obvious intentions to coordinate in major cases, creating public opinion that "ko wen-je accepted bribes", which the taiwan people's party cannot accept at all.

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it is understood that the taiwan people's party has already decided to "believe in ko wen-je's innocence" and that the actions of the taiwan prosecutors are "political persecution." people within the taiwan people's party believe that if ko wen-je is further detained and the prosecutors fail to provide definite evidence, it will not shake the supporters' intentions, but may increase cohesion.

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ko wen-je is caught in a political storm, and the white house is in crisis. the outside world is concerned about who will take over as the chairman of the taiwan people's party if ko wen-je is detained. tsai bi-ru, a founding member of the party who is favored by the outside world, said in an interview on the 1st that she has no intention of taking the position of party chairman, and she has never held a party position in the past, so she is not qualified.

in addition, the blue and white parties have cooperated many times since the opening of the new session of the legislative yuan. ko wen-je is now caught in a political whirlpool, and the "opposition" checks and balances are also facing unprecedented challenges. in response, li yanxiu, a legislator from the kuomintang, expressed his support for ko wen-je and bluntly stated that the democratic progressive party was dividing the "opposition"; wang hongwei, a legislator from the kuomintang, said that the legislative yuan will continue to cooperate with the taiwan people's party in the next session. zhang qikai, a legislator from the taiwan people's party, responded that they would of course cooperate with the kuomintang in the next session, especially in the reform part, and the blue and white parties must cooperate. taiwanese media believe that the blue camp legislators did not add insult to injury to the taiwan people's party, and did not let this incident become a catalyst for the green camp to split the blue and white cooperation.

another taiwanese media analysis pointed out that ko wen-je was caught in this political storm quickly and urgently, and all camps are nervous about what to do next. the article believes that in the current situation, it seems that the opinions of the blue camp on whether to stick to the "white camp has problems equal to blue camp's problems" are still being integrated. the white camp itself has no idea, and the dpp is waiting to see what happens. however, wu si-yao, secretary-general of the dpp's legislative yuan caucus, has already stated that the dpp's strategy for the next session is "people's livelihood first, cooperation between the government and the opposition." under this premise, as long as the bill is legitimate and highly social, it can become an opportunity to cooperate with the "opposition party."

it is quite intriguing to know who this "opposition party" that can cooperate with them is.