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taiwan people's party chairman ko wen-je was involved in the jinghuacheng case and was released without bail in the early morning of the 2nd. huang kuo-chang, the leader of the people's party caucus, questioned that since ko wen-je's home was searched, it has been 70 hours, and the whole process has been absurd. the damage to taiwan's rule of law should be clearly explained by the northern district prosecutors office. he criticized that the lai ching-te administration has handed over the first report card of judicial reform to the taiwanese people, which is to start political hunting and liquidation of political opponents?

ko wen-je and former taipei city deputy mayor peng zhen-sheng were suspected of being involved in the jinghua city scandal and were detained and denied access to visitors by the taipei district prosecutors' office on charges of taking bribes and seeking personal gain. after ko wen-je underwent a 56-hour marathon interrogation between the taipei prosecutors' office and the taipei district court, the taipei district court held a detention hearing at 8 pm on the 1st. the prosecutors and lawyers fought fiercely in court. the judge believed on the 2nd that ko wen-je's criminal suspicion was not serious and he was released without bail.

regarding the prosecution's appeal, huang kuo-chang responded that the taipei district prosecutors' office is going to appeal because they can do so in accordance with the criminal procedure law. however, from the time ko wen-je's home was searched in the early morning to the time ko wen-je walked out of the taipei district prosecutors' office this morning, it took a full 70 hours of marathon-style cooperation in the investigation and interrogation. during these 70 hours, many things happened that went against the grain, violated due process, trampled on taiwan's rule of law, and even tarnished taiwan's judiciary. this is probably the most important thing that the taipei district prosecutors' office must honestly report to taiwanese society.

huang kuo-chang said that what is more important is who is actually benefiting from the political persecution of ko wen-je with such fabricated charges and absurd methods. is the first report card on judicial reform that the lai ching-te administration wants to hand over to the taiwanese people the beginning of such a political persecution and liquidation of his political enemies?

regarding the high popularity of acting party chairman, he said that today is a party group meeting and the party affairs department will not answer here. regarding whether the central emergency response team will continue to operate, huang also said that the party affairs department will not answer.

lin jingxian, taiwan correspondent of strait herald