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after ko wen-je went to jail, will former taiwanese representatives lu hsiu-yen and hou you-yi be next?

2024-09-13

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as ko wen-je's opponent in the 2014 taipei mayoral election, kuomintang vice chairman lian sheng-wen said at an event in hong kong on the 10th of this month that whether ko wen-je is involved in corruption must be determined and judged by the court. before there is conclusive evidence, the outside world should not make random comments, and it should not be up to the green media to decide whether he is guilty.

lian shengwen pointed out that taiwan's prosecutorial and investigative departments leaked unconfirmed information to the green media to frame others, which seriously violated due legal procedures. he expressed great regret for this.

former taiwanese legislator guo zhengliang believes that because the democratic progressive party most wants to take back the ruling power of new taipei city and taichung, the two big names in the blue camp - taichung mayor lu shiu-yen or new taipei city mayor hou you-yi are likely to be the next targets.

on september 10, six days after being detained, people's party chairman ko wen-je was first interrogated by the taipei local prosecutors. the interrogation lasted about two and a half hours. according to local media, ko wen-je was taken to the prison van by bailiffs at 17:00. reporters around him asked loudly: "did the chairman accept the 15 million yuan bribe from shen qingjing? do you feel wronged? did the prosecutors force a confession? will you continue to call on xiaocao (ko wen-je supporters) to take to the streets?" ko wen-je did not say a word and did not look at the media.

this was the first time ko wen-je had appeared in public since he was detained and denied access to visitors by the taipei district court on september 5. the taipei district prosecutor's office said that the focus of the interrogation that day was to "clarify the criminal facts that ko wen-je allegedly violated the law, helped increase the plot ratio of jinghua city to 840%, and profited more than nt$20 billion from the viking group, and consolidate the evidence currently in hand."

li yusheng, the chief lawyer of fidelity law office, analyzed that the prosecutors rushed to try ko wen-je and others, probably intending to prosecute ko wen-je for the serious crime of accepting bribes.