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according to taiwanese media reports on september 9, ko wen-je's lawyer said he would no longer appeal.

according to reports, the people's party chairman ko wen-je was detained by the prosecutors for his involvement in the jinghua city scandal. on the 2nd, the taipei district court ruled that ko wen-je's "involvement was not serious" and released him without bail. after the prosecutors successfully appealed, the court held a second detention hearing on the 5th. although ko wen-je denied seeking benefits or accepting bribes, he admitted some facts.

the judge believed that ko wen-je knew that giving jinghua city an excessively high plot ratio of more than 560% violated the law, but he insisted on doing it, carrying out his own will, and benefiting shen qingjing to obtain illegal profits of more than 20 billion new taiwan dollars, and he was suspected of committing a serious crime of benefiting. moreover, ko wen-je's confession was inconsistent with the three defendants in custody in the same case, shen qingjing, peng zhensheng, and ying xiaowei, and there was a suspicion of collusion. he was detained and prohibited from visiting for two months.

according to reports, the taipei district court held a procedural court on the morning of the 5th to confirm the procedures for the lawyers to review the case files and the afternoon detention court. the prosecutors still restricted ko wen-je's lawyers from reviewing the case files, as they did during the last detention review. they were not allowed to take photos or photocopies, and could only take handwritten notes. although the prosecutors were confident and added a batch of new evidence for the detention, the judge directly declared to the prosecutors and the defense that the court should protect ko wen-je's right to defense according to relevant regulations, and that the prosecutors should not present new evidence in the detention court to avoid a surprise attack, which would cause ko wen-je and his lawyers to have no time to defend themselves. even if the prosecutors present new evidence, the judge will not make a discretionary judgment, and this decision was agreed by both the prosecutors and the defense.

at 2 p.m., ko wen-je's legal team, zheng shenyuan, lu zhengyi, and xiao yihong, entered the courtroom. the taipei district prosecutors' office sent chief prosecutor jiang zhenyu, and prosecutors lin junyan and guo jianyu to the court to make arguments. the prosecution and the defense launched a battle of offense and defense for the detention.

after two and a half hours of court debate, judge lu zhengye pointed out that ko wen-je was suspected of committing the crime of profiteering, which carries a minimum sentence of more than five years in prison. he was suspected of destroying evidence and colluding with accomplices or witnesses in order to commit a serious crime. he needed to be detained, and the detention could not be replaced by bail, assignment, or restricted residence. he ruled that ko wen-je be detained and not allowed to see anyone.