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taiwan's "high court" has ruled: ke wenzhe's "no bail" ruling has been revoked

2024-09-04

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according to taiwanese media reports, taiwan people's party chairman ko wen-je was detained and denied access to visitors by prosecutors for suspected involvement in the jinghua city scandal, including bribery and profiteering. on september 2, the taipei district court ruled that ko wen-je's criminal suspicion was not serious and released him without bail. the prosecutors appealed. on september 4, the taiwan "high court" ruled to revoke the taipei district court's "release without bail" decision and sent the case back for retrial. the taipei district court will summon ko wen-je to reopen the detention hearing.

after ko wen-je was ruled to be released without bail by the taipei district court on monday, the taipei district prosecutors' office supplemented its evidence on tuesday and filed an appeal with the taipei district court, requesting that the case be forwarded to the taiwan high court to revoke the original ruling.

after reviewing the files and evidence, taiwan's high court announced on wednesday evening that it would revoke the original ruling and send it back to the taipei district court.

after the trial, the collegial panel of the "high court" determined that based on the confessions of co-defendants peng zhensheng and zhu yahu, the testimony of witness shao xiupei, the records of relevant conversations between zhu yahu and ying xiaowei, and the contents of the detained defendants' personal belongings, as well as the purpose of zhu yahu's employment by shen qingjing, the serious suspicion of shen qingjing's bribery of ying xiaowei, and the defendants' active involvement in the jinghuacheng case, it is still necessary to investigate whether ko, as he claimed, "believed in the professional and majority decision of the metropolitan committee" and had no knowledge of or doubt about the circumstances of this case.

ko wen-je was accused of being involved in the taipei jinghuacheng plot ratio scandal during his tenure as mayor of taipei city. the taiwan prosecutors' office and the dpp authorities' "integrity bureau" took ko wen-je away for questioning on august 30.

on august 31, the taipei prosecutors applied to the court to detain and deny access to visitors to taiwan people's party chairman ko wen-je on charges of corruption and bribery.

in the early morning of september 2, the taipei district court ruled that the prosecutors' evidence was insufficient to prove that ke wenzhe was a serious criminal suspect and released him without bail.

at 17:00 on september 3, the taipei prosecutors office appealed the taipei district court's ruling that ko wen-je should be released without bail, requesting the high court to revoke the original ruling.