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taiwan people's party chairman ko wen-je was detained and denied access to visitors on the 5th. the taipei district prosecutor's office immediately sent ko to the taipei detention center, shocking all circles. japanese media person and former taipei branch chief of sankei shimbun analyzed that the "ko wen-je theater" that had been staged in taiwan's political arena for 10 years had come to an end, but he also pointed out that "it seems that they did not know people well, which led to the source of today's chaos, and the democratic progressive party cannot escape blame." in addition, in an exclusive interview with japanese media on the 4th, ko wen-je accused the taiwan authorities of trying to suppress the opposition, vowed to continue to fight, and fiercely criticized taiwan's legal system and media, accusing them of taking orders from lai ching-te's democratic progressive party.

on the 5th, akio yaita wrote a post late at night speculating that although it is still impossible to determine what the final outcome of this case will be, from now on, the possibility of ko wen-je, who is embroiled in lawsuits, making a full recovery is very slim. he also made three comments. first, the power of taiwan's local leaders seems to be a bit too large. the mechanism of supervision and checks and balances is not perfect, including why the mayor can act on his own when many taipei city officials and members of the "metropolitan council" believe that there is suspicion of illegality? why did the parliament's supervision mechanism not work?

akio yaita pointed out the second point that political parties should not be idle. in recent days, the people's party has issued several statements around the ko wen-je case, always claiming that ko wen-je suffered "unfair judicial treatment", which is not desirable. as for the third point, he believes that "the democratic progressive party should also reflect on itself". several of the main cadres of the people's party, headed by ko wen-je, have taken advantage of the dpp's courtesy in past elections to expand their political capital. now it seems that their political ideas and ways of doing things are almost completely opposite to those of the dpp.

finally, yaita akio said that the democratic progressive party cannot escape blame for the fact that it relaxed its adherence to its ideals and failed to judge people in order to pursue immediate election results, which led to the source of today's chaos.

in addition, when interviewed by foreign media, ko wen-je was still confident that the public would support him and sympathize with his experience of being questioned by prosecutors. ko wen-je described the situation in the court's waiting room, saying that his meals were 2 slices of bread and 1 drink. "for 3 days, i could only sleep on the floor, with no shower or bed available. the lights were never turned off, so that detainees would quickly lose their sense of time," ko stressed, "people who have not been convicted and are merely detained should not be treated in this way."

when asked whether he agreed with kmt legislator fu kun-chi's statement that most taiwanese legal professionals only listen to the dpp, ko wen-je said, "the dpp can influence some legal professionals in certain circumstances." but ko wen-je does not believe that their unreasonable views will win the support of the majority of taiwanese people.

lin jingxian, taiwan correspondent of strait herald