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people's party chairman ke wenzhe. (photo source: taiwan's "today news")

taiwan.com, september 2, taiwan media reported that people's party chairman ko wen-je was involved in the jinghua city scandal. on the evening of august 31, the taipei district prosecutor's office detained him and denied him access to visitors. the taipei district court opened the trial on the afternoon of september 1, and until the early morning of today (september 2), the taipei district court ruled that ko wen-je should be released without bail. as soon as the verdict came out, the people's party supporters who supported ko wen-je were jubilant, and the taipei district prosecutor's office said that it would file an appeal as soon as today.

ke wenzhe was ordered to return without bail in the early hours of the 2nd. (photo from taiwanese media)

after ko wen-je walked out of the taipei district court, his wife chen pei-chi burst into tears and supporters cheered. ko wen-je thanked the supporters and said there was no evidence to prove that he had interfered in the case, but the behavior of the taiwan prosecutors in the past two days made him know that the other party had a clear attitude. he also said, "these two days can be said to be extremely oppressive and abused," and thanked the judges of the taipei district court for bearing all the pressure.

in a statement on social media early this morning, the people's party expressed its gratitude to the taipei district court for today's ruling, which gave justice to ko wen-je, who has lived his life with integrity and maintained clean politics. "we will never back down," and will fight to the end to defend ko wen-je's innocence.

the people's party also expressed in the message that it is grateful to all the friends who have been waiting at the scene for three days. although the rough handling methods and poor fabrication of charges by taiwan's prosecutors and investigators have been exposed to everyone since ko wen-je's residence and office were searched by the taiwan prosecutors and investigators; although taiwan's ruling party, some media, and online wings have cooperated to crack down on dissidents, and the extent of doing everything they can has far exceeded imagination and patience; despite several days of interrogation, the taiwanese people have witnessed taiwan's "judiciary" and media violence, trampling on principles everywhere, widening the gap and rift in taiwanese society, and making the non-public investigation a laughing stock; although ko wen-je was once handcuffed and sentenced to severe capital punishment by public opinion before he even entered the court, the people still accompanied ko wen-je to endure the humiliation and hold on to the end.

chen zhihan, a taiwanese internet celebrity who supports ko, posted a message late at night to express his support, "thank you for your willingness to believe. i have nothing but gratitude. ko wen-je, please go back without bail." another taiwanese internet celebrity who supports ko, "ye-style agent," said on social media, "the 'judiciary' is selectively handling the case, which is a confirmation of political persecution!"

veteran taiwanese media person xie hanbing also posted on social media today that ko wen-je was released without bail and the taipei procuratorate has lost face this time!

many taiwanese netizens said, "please keep watching, there will definitely be a sequel", "1450 collapsed, and he didn't even post bail", "with such a ruling, ko wen-je is even more innocent, and those who falsely accuse ko should feel ashamed", "some famous talk show hosts are embarrassed now."

dpp legislator wang shih-chien previously wrote, "if ko wen-je is detained, he will bring a lunch box to visit him, and if he is not detained, he will bungee jump." now that the verdict has come out, many taiwanese netizens have left comments on his social media post, asking, "is brother jian going to jump?"

li yen-hsiu, a member of the kuomintang (kmt), said that taiwan's prosecutorial and investigative departments must uphold the attitude of neither injustice nor leniency and reject political interference. they should "handle the case wherever the evidence is." he hopes that the people's party can regain its footing in the shortest possible time.