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the prosecutors have seized unidentified funds worth tens of millions of nt dollars? ke wenzhe: i am lucky to have it

2024-09-04

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the people's party chairman ko wen-je was involved in the taipei jinghuacheng scandal. the taipei district prosecutors office (hereinafter referred to as the taipei prosecutors office) filed a protest yesterday. ko wen-je still went to hualien today (4th) to attend the farewell ceremony of fu kun-chi's mother. when asked "did you sleep well?" about being sued by the prosecutors, ko responded, "i slept well. i'm a surgeon." but he did not answer any other questions.

the mother of fu kun-chi, the leader of the kmt caucus, passed away a few days ago. today, a farewell ceremony was held at her home in ji'an township, hualien. han kuo-yu, the head of the kmt, and many representatives and local figures from all parties attended the ceremony. ko wen-je was accompanied by huang kuo-chang and zhang qi-kai, representatives of the people's party.

ko wen-je was involved in the jinghua city case and was ordered by the taipei district court to return without bail on the 2nd. however, the prosecutors appealed yesterday, and the taiwan "high court" panel will make a ruling today. but today, there was another revelation on the island that the note ko wen-je wrote during his tenure as mayor of taipei to instruct then-deputy mayor peng zhensheng to handle the jinghua city case has been seized, and a colleague from the taipei city "urban development bureau" even signed a note stating that "unless confirmed through litigation, relaxing the jinghua city plot ratio is suspected of profiteering." the revelation also claimed that many taipei city councilors had already questioned the case three years ago, and before ko wen-je was re-elected as mayor of taipei, a director of a city government department reminded ko that he had concerns about violating the law, which shows that ko wen-je has long been aware of the relevant case and may not escape the lawsuit.

related revelations also claimed that the procuratorate had found that ko wen-je had over 10 million nt dollars in unknown accounts. ko wen-je was asked about this question as soon as he got off the plane today. he did not give a direct answer, but just said to himself, "i'm lucky if i have 10 million in cash flow." zhang qikai, who was standing next to him, also laughed when he heard it.

regarding the jinghua city case, ko wen-je claimed that he did not know about the 840% plot ratio until march or april this year. however, lin zhoumin, former director of the taipei city urban development bureau, said today that when dealing with the plot ratio of jinghua city, the urban development bureau had to report to the mayor regularly, in addition to reporting a written memorandum and submitting it to the mayor's office.

it is said that lin zhoumin once reminded ke wenzhe that if the amount of "water" was released as kmt legislator ying hsiao-wei questioned, the taipei city government might have to bear the "legal" responsibility for profiteering, and the relevant internal signing city government also kept records. lin zhoumin said that whether ke wenzhe knew or not, i believe everyone has a clear answer in their hearts.

the taipei district prosecutors office investigated the jinghuacheng case and launched a search and interview operation on august 30. the prosecutors determined that former ko wen-je and peng zhensheng were involved in the "anti-corruption act" and other crimes such as "taking bribes and seeking benefits in violation of their duties" and detained the two without permission. the taipei district court ruled on the 2nd that ko wen-je would be released without bail and peng zhensheng would be detained without permission.

in the process of obtaining the volume bonus for jinghua city, weijing group was questioned whether it enjoyed privileges or improper benefits, as the volume ratio of jinghua city increased from 392% to 560% and then to 840%.(lin jingxian, strait herald reporter in taiwan)