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[global times special correspondent chen lifei] taiwan people's party chairman ko wen-je was accused by prosecutors of being involved in the jinghua city plot ratio scandal. the taipei district court approved the prosecutor's application and he is currently detained in taipei tucheng detention center. to this end, the people's party mobilized supporters to show their support. the first rally organized by it took place on the evening of september 8 and attracted the attention of the island's media.

on the 5th, ke wenzhe was ordered by the taipei district court to be detained and not allowed to see anyone. photo from taiwan united news network

“the first battle is the decisive battle”

according to the taiwan-based china times on the 9th, the people's party's tainan city party branch's online fan page posted a message emphasizing that "the first battle is the decisive battle!" and chartered 4 tour buses to the north to call on supporters to stand up, while the taichung city party branch chartered 16 buses to the north. before 5 p.m. on the 8th, ko wen-je's supporters, "little grass," gathered on jinan road outside the taiwan "legislative yuan." they tied blue-green ribbons representing the people's party on their heads, held up banners that read "stand up for judicial justice," and shouted "procedures must be just, justice must be fair." the people's party played ko wen-je's unreleased pre-recorded video on the spot. in the video, ko wen-je said that too many people were speaking through the media, and in theory, the opposition party should be supervising the dpp, but now it is the dpp that is supervising the opposition party, and "the judiciary and the media have become political tools."

the people's party legislators took turns to speak out for ko wen-je. huang kuo-chang, the party's legislative yuan caucus convener, said they stood up to declare war on the dpp's "green terror". political parties, prosecutors, and the media were willing to destroy ko wen-je's personality in order to implement lai ching-te's will. wu chun-cheng, a member of the people's party legislature, said ko wen-je was ready for a long-term battle, and it didn't matter how long he was imprisoned, "i will pull you (lai ching-te) down even if i become a ghost."

on the blue camp side, ma ying-jeou foundation executive director hsiao hsu-chen expressed support. he said that ko wen-je must defend his personal innocence, but the prosecutors and investigators violated human rights and the principle of "non-disclosure of investigation" throughout the process. the judiciary has been infiltrated by political forces, and the opposition party must unite. kmt "legislator" hsu chiu-hsin wrote a letter to encourage "little grass" saying, "if you don't speak up today, there will be more victims tomorrow," emphasizing unity in the face of the "ruling behemoth."

ko wen-je's wife chen pei-chi and sister ko mei-lan took the stage last. a 40-year-old supporter at the scene said that the political persecution in taiwan is very scary, "today it's ko wen-je, who will be the next one?" taiwan's united daily news said that the event started at 6 pm on the 8th and ended at about 9 pm. according to statistics from the people's party, about 20,000 supporters gathered at the scene; more than 100,000 people watched it online at the same time.

according to taiwanese media reports, former taiwanese leader chen shui-bian posted a photo with ke wen-je on a social media platform, and wrote "doctors take care of prisoners, we are all in the same boat". the china times said on the 9th that chen shui-bian was detained in the taipei detention center in november 2008 due to corruption cases such as "secret state expenses" during his tenure, and was later imprisoned. at that time, ke wen-je was the convener of chen shui-bian's civilian medical team and visited him in prison many times. but ironically, when chen shui-bian was detained, he claimed that this was a joint "political persecution" against him by the kuomintang and the communist party. lai ching-te also led the "legislative yuan" party group to shout "judicial injustice" at the time; this time when ke wen-je was detained, chen accused taiwan's judicial system and the media of serving the democratic progressive party led by lai ching-te. the article believes that chen shui-bian's jumping out to "send warmth" to ke wen-je at this moment may mean to help himself turn things around.

“if detained, i will not appeal”

while people on the island were speculating whether ko wen-je would file an appeal, on the 9th, his legal team issued a joint statement, saying that ko wen-je had decided not to file an appeal against the detention and no-contact order. the statement said, "mr. ko wen-je had made it clear to his defense before the court that he had told the court that he did not want to embarrass the court, and if he was detained, he did not want to appeal, and asked the prosecutor to exhaust all investigation obligations during the two-month detention period, and he would do his best to cooperate with the investigation." huang kuo-chang said on the 9th that this was ko wen-je's decision, and he knew very well that the lai ching-te administration would never let him go, "so ko wen-je himself was actually prepared for the next response and the attitude he would show in the response." regarding how the people's party would operate in the future, huang kuo-chang said, "the chairman does have his ideas, but without the chairman's authorization, i will not and cannot say it."

taiwan's china times electronic news reported on the 8th that according to taiwan's "criminal procedure law", during investigation, regardless of the nature of the case, the maximum detention period is 4 months; during trial, it is necessary to determine the length of detention based on the maximum sentence of the case, but according to the "speedy trial law", the longest detention period is 5 years.

you ying-lung, chairman of the taiwan public opinion foundation, posted on facebook late on the 8th that the people's party called on supporters to gather near the legislative yuan to show their support, with more than 10,000 people gathered to show their support. this is impressive, showing that the "grass" are not willing to disperse. however, he believes that the fundamental solution lies in ko wen-je's strong counterattack, self-clarification and persuasion in court in the future.

on the 9th, niu zexun, a scholar in taiwan, wrote that the reason why young "grasses" are "fans" of ke wenzhe is that, on the one hand, ke's amateur character is different from that of old-school politicians, and on the other hand, he advocates a new politics that is different from the blue and green parties. in addition, he is good at operating social media, making young people the base of the people's party. however, recently, ke wenzhe was involved in political donations and the jinghuacheng case, and his image of integrity and honesty collapsed. many "grasses" felt that there was no difference between the people's party and the blue and green parties, which also gave the dpp an opportunity to "disperse the grass". the article said that the dpp youth department has recently held more than 50 events such as flagship camps and youth dialogues, hoping to make up for the loss of youth votes. however, the problem is that although the dpp has tactics, the recent political offensives and defenses of the green camp, including the "green" nominations of the supreme court justices, how can the "grasses" who are looking forward to new politics pay the bill?

"judicial double standards"

in recent days, public opinion on the island has been questioning the "double standards of the judiciary" of the green camp. kmt "legislator" ke zhien questioned why certain media could obtain the inside story of the investigation? many people question whether the judiciary on the island is truly independent. "legislator" li yanxiu even bluntly stated that the biggest loser in this incident is the taiwanese judicial system. she believes that the people's party called on supporters to stand up in the hope of turning the crisis into an opportunity and accumulating political energy. at the same time, the democratic progressive party has made full preparations to harvest "small grass", and "the highly politicized operations of both sides may make the jinghuacheng case become a rashomon where those who believe will always believe and those who do not believe will always not believe." "legislator" luo zhiqiang also said that specific prosecutors and specific media cooperate to attack opponents and political enemies. this is the judicial reform of the democratic progressive party. when the judiciary was hunting down ma ying-jeou, from that time on, he knew that "non-disclosure of investigation" was the biggest joke of taiwan's judiciary.

zhang qikai, a member of the people's party, said that he is the convener of the legislative yuan's imported egg project investigation team and will go to the taipei district prosecutor's office soon to report why they only prosecuted ko wen-je and not the imported "chao si" egg scandal. zeng zhichao, deputy secretary-general of the taiwan "chinese economic and financial association", wrote on the 9th that in the "chao si" case that the taipei district prosecutor's office has not handled, the officials who were reported include the two former "ministers of agriculture" chen jizhong and chen junji, as well as lin congxian, the former chairman of the animal husbandry association, and zhang jingwei, the former director of the taiwan "ministry of agriculture's animal husbandry department", covering crimes such as profiteering, fraud, dereliction of duty, abetting crimes, forging documents and false product markings, and violating the food safety law, but no progress has been made in the investigation. the article stated that the "chao si" case involved aspects including taiwan's egg industry, the ethics and abuse of public funds by "successive ministers of the ministry of agriculture" and senior officials, which far exceeded the impact of the floor area ratio of jinghua city. "if the procuratorate wants to get rid of accusations such as 'political handling of cases' or 'judicial double standards', it should handle cases such as 'chao si' with the same standards."