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taiwan's united news network reported on september 1 that taiwan people's party chairman ko wen-je and former taipei city deputy mayor peng zhensheng were detained and denied access to visitors by prosecutors for being accused of corruption and bribery in the jinghua city scandal. the taipei district court held a detention hearing at 8 pm tonight to question ko and peng. ko wen-je was the first to go on the stand, and the taipei district prosecutor's office sent a team of three prosecutors to handle the case. in order to prevent disputes caused by late-night fatigue interrogation, the court stated that if it is 11 pm, ko and peng can apply to stop the night interrogation and resume the court tomorrow.

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it is reported that before his arrest, ko wen-je sent a message to a leader of the people's party saying: "the entire central party headquarters lacks a military advisor or general who can command the overall situation. the incident was of course caused by li wen-tsung, but i appointed this person, so of course i have to bear the greatest responsibility."

ko wen-je even lamented that everyone in the people's party was shirking responsibility: "from the way things were handled after the incident, it can be seen that everyone was pushing the blame. in fact, if everyone took 25% of the responsibility, the matter would have been handled. so the press conference, including the subsequent lawsuit against the accountant, made the whole thing out of control."

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.

taiwanese media reported that the taiwan prosecutors and investigators interviewed ko wen-je on august 30, and 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 retrial 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 there was a serious suspicion of collusion and destruction of evidence, so they applied to the court for detention and no visitors.