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economic observer network wang yiwei/text at around 5 p.m. on september 5, ko wen-je was ordered by the taipei district court (hereinafter referred to as the taipei district court) to be detained and denied access to visitors.

although this result was expected by the vast majority of media, scholars and celebrities on the island, it still shocked all sectors of taiwanese society when the news came out and the final word came out.

the author briefly reviewed the relevant content reported by taiwan media and found that the reasons for detention given by the taipei district court were not very sufficient and gave people the impression of being far-fetched.

in my opinion, the primary reason why ko wen-je was detained was political, but his litigation strategy made two fatal mistakes, which is also an important reason why he is detained today.

first, there is no discussion on whether the floor area ratio of 840% is legal.

after the king's park case broke out, chiu yi revealed that the floor area ratio of the ambassador hotel in kaohsiung was 1142%, which was higher than that of king's park.

chiu yi's move hit the vital point of lai qingde's administration, and the democratic progressive party made excuses for this.

the dpp's defense exposed a fact: for the plot ratio of buildings in a metropolitan area, even the 1142% of the ambassador hotel kaohsiung, let alone 840%, is not too much. the plot ratios of the two buildings next to the ambassador hotel kaohsiung are 2050.7% and 1702%, respectively, which are higher than that of the ambassador hotel.

for this reason, the kaohsiung public works bureau emphasized that among taiwan’s six large cities, there are many buildings with a floor area ratio of more than 1000%.

since ko wen-je's side did not defend whether the 840% plot ratio of jinghua city was legal, the taiwan judicial department further calculated another sensational figure of nt$20 billion. in other words, because the plot ratio of jinghua city was illegally increased, the profit from the illegal increase was as high as nt$20 billion.

such an inference certainly increases the guilt of the parties involved.

second, using “not knowing” as a litigation strategy is another mistake.

this is a characteristic of ke wenzhe. when something happens, he blurts out "i don't know". taiwanese media once concluded that in the jinghuacheng case, ke wenzhe and his team had three "i don't know", and the outside world didn't know which "i don't know" was true.

at the first detention hearing, ke wenzhe repeated his old tricks and repeatedly emphasized to the judge that he did not know. the problem is that even if ke wenzhe really did not know, or had forgotten, his former subordinates and related institutions produced relevant documents and made relevant statements, which easily exposed his so-called "not knowing" strategy.

the above two mistakes are very obvious.

at 5:50 pm on september 5, ke wenzhe was handcuffed and put on a prison van. supporters at the scene shouted "come on, chairman!" and reporters also asked loudly, but ke wenzhe looked solemn and said nothing.

the essence of the jinghuacheng case has been revealed at this stage. this is not just a simple urban development case, but also a deadly duel between two politicians, lai qingde and ke wenzhe. it also involves the rapid evolution of taiwan's political landscape and will have a far-reaching impact on cross-strait relations.

let's see which direction this case develops.