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people's party chairman ko wen-je and former taipei city deputy mayor peng zhen-sheng were suspected of the jinghua city scandal and were detained and denied access by the taipei district prosecutor's office on charges of accepting bribes and seeking benefits in violation of their duties. on september 2, a taipei local judge believed that ko wen-je's criminal suspicion was not serious and released him without bail. the prosecutors will file an appeal.

the taipei district court stated that the key to this case is whether ko wen-je knew that the urban planning committee would benefit jinghua city by forming an illegal resolution, or whether the defendant knew that the 20% volume bonus involved in the case was illegal. however, ko wen-je was not a participant in the urban planning committee and had no direct knowledge of the meeting. he himself did not have relevant expertise, so his claim to rely on the urban planning committee resolution, which was formally professional and majority-ruled, and the opinions of peng zhensheng, who had relevant expertise, were not without basis.

the taipei district court believes that this case is a felony with a minimum sentence of five years or more in prison. according to the current case files, there is still room for other reasonable explanations for the evidence presented by the prosecutor. taking all these reasons into consideration, it has not yet reached the level of "high possibility of crime" mentioned above. therefore, it cannot be determined that ko wen-je was aware of or gave instructions for the illegal resolution of the urban planning committee led by peng zhensheng, ying hsiao-wei and others, or that ko wen-je knew that the 20% volume bonus involved in the case was illegal. it cannot be determined that ko wen-je was subjectively aware of the illegality. therefore, the prosecutor's explanation of the requirements for applying for detention is still insufficient, and therefore it is ruled that ko wen-je should be released without bail.