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just two days after being released, ko wen-je was detained again. taiwan media revealed that he angered lai ching-te with a remark. why was ko wen-je arrested again just after being released? is the people's party about to fall apart? why did ko wen-je anger lai ching-te?

on september 2, the taipei district court just announced that ko wen-je was not suspected of a serious crime in the jinghua city floor area ratio scandal and sentenced him to be released without bail, which also means that ko wen-je regained his freedom after being detained for two days.

unexpectedly, less than 24 hours later, taiwan’s “high court” made another ruling, rejecting the verdict and requiring the taipei district court to re-examine the case.

at 2 p.m. on september 5, the taipei district court opened another session, and ko wen-je was asked to attend the trial. however, only three hours later, the verdict took a 180-degree turn. the judge sentenced ko wen-je on the spot for suspected crimes of seeking personal gain and accepting bribes in violation of his position, and once again announced that he would be detained and not allowed to see anyone.

coming out of the court, the handcuffed ko wen-je had a gloomy face. he said nothing when facing the media and walked into the prison van under the escort of bailiffs.

in fact, ko wen-je may have anticipated the current situation. before attending the trial, ko wen-je had recorded a video in advance. in the video, ko wen-je appealed to his supporters, hoping that everyone would take good care of themselves, which would be the best help to him, and asked everyone to live every day seriously.

however, taiwanese media person huang yangming pointed out that the detention of an opposition party chairman would definitely have a devastating impact on the party. if ko wen-je cannot prove his innocence, the people's party will become a thing of the past.

what many netizens on the island are more concerned about is that this is not just a matter of survival for the people's party, but that the dpp is openly engaging in political reckoning: "today it's ko wen-je, who will be the next one?"

even the kuomintang could no longer sit still. at the party’s central standing committee meeting on september 4, zhu lilun pointed out that only when there is sufficient evidence can we follow through to the end to “eradicate corruption,” while when there is not enough evidence, it is a political purge. the judiciary must not become a weapon of lai ching-te’s dictatorship.

judging from the development of the whole incident, there are many strange things in the trial of ko wen-je itself.

first of all, the court's ruling was too short. the taiwan "high court" rejected the local court's decision within 24 hours, and the taipei district court overturned its own decision in less than two days and put ko wen-je back in custody. such "efficiency" is obviously abnormal.

secondly, there are many unreasonable aspects in the court's verdict. the judge determined that the main problem of ko wen-je in the jinghua city case was that he insisted on approving the increase in volume even though he knew that it would benefit shen qingjing and others, and therefore he was guilty of a serious crime.

with such a statement, it is no wonder that the people's party is dissatisfied, believing that the judge's decision was entirely based on subjective conjecture and without any substantial evidence.

therefore, it is generally believed on the island that the reason ko wen-je is being targeted is because he is being liquidated by lai ching-te and the dpp.

there are even media reports that ko wen-je's words in july this year completely angered lai ching-te. at that time, ko wen-je compared lai ching-te to hitler in an interview, saying: "the characteristic of dictators is that they are very 'patriotic', so lai ching-te always says that he is thinking about taiwan. if lai ching-te grows a mustache now, he will look more and more like hitler!"

media person xie longjie mentioned at the time that he had heard that ko wen-je would be prosecuted in september, "if ko wen-je speaks of lai ching-te like this, he will definitely turn hostile!"