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will ke wenzhe be expelled from the party if detained? people's party responds

2024-09-05

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people's party chairman ko wen-je was involved in the jinghua city scandal. the taipei district court ruled on september 2 that he should be "repatriated without bail". after the taipei district prosecutor's office appealed, the taiwan "high court" revoked the ruling on september 4 that ko wen-je should be "repatriated without bail". the taipei district court will reopen the detention hearing on september 5. ko wen-je is at risk of being detained and denied access to visitors. if he is really detained, will the people's party follow past precedent to expel him from the party? the people's party said that now the whole party is united in supporting ko, so this problem does not exist at present.

according to china times, li weihua, chairman of the central evaluation committee of the people's party and co-convener of the response team, was asked on the 5th whether he would be expelled based on past experience if ko was detained today. in response, he said that ko wen-je is currently on leave, and although he has to go to court today, "there is no such problem" at the moment. now the whole party is united in supporting ko wen-je, so the central evaluation committee is not dealing with these matters at the moment.

ko wen-je was accused of being involved in the taipei jinghuacheng plot ratio scandal while he was 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 ko wen-je on charges of corruption and bribery.

in the early morning of september 2, the taipei district court believed that the evidence presented by the prosecution was insufficient to prove that ko wen-je was a serious criminal suspect and ruled to release him without bail.

on september 3, the taipei prosecutors appealed the taipei district court's decision to release the defendant without bail, requesting the "high court" to revoke the original decision.

on september 4, taiwan’s “high court” revoked the ruling on release without bail and sent the case back to the taipei district court for re-determination.