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wearing yellow prison clothes, slippers, and handcuffed, ke wenzhe was interrogated again and said nothing to the media

2024-09-13

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[global network reporter meng yuan] according to a report by taiwan media "central news agency" on september 13, the taipei district prosecutor's office investigated the jinghuacheng scandal and again questioned the detained people's party chairman and former taipei mayor ke wenzhe this morning (13th). the prison van arrived at the taipei district prosecutor's office at about 9 am. ke wenzhe was wearing a yellow prison uniform and slippers, with his hands cuffed, and did not say a word when facing media inquiries.

according to reports, the taipei district prosecutors' office has summoned the detained defendant ko wen-je, weijing group chairman shen qingjing, kuomintang taipei city councilor ying hsiao-wei, and former taipei city deputy mayor peng zhensheng this week to compare the defendant ko wen-je's and witnesses' statements and to investigate suspicious "financial flows" (unexplained income).

according to reports, prosecutors also intensively summoned relevant witnesses, including former taipei city deputy mayor lin qinrong, former taipei city government's "urban development bureau" director lin zhoumin, and former taipei city government deputy secretary-general li dequan, and asked them to return after the interrogation.

according to reports, the taiwan authorities' anti-corruption unit launched a search and interview operation at the end of august to clarify whether the sudden increase in the floor area ratio of jinghua city to 840% during ko wen-je's tenure as mayor of taipei involved bribery or profiteering. it has applied to detain ko wen-je, peng zhensheng, shen qingjing, ying hsiao-wei and ying hsiao-wei's assistant wu shunmin, and the application has been approved.

ko wen-je recently announced through his lawyers that he would not appeal (ask the higher court to re-handle the case if he is dissatisfied with the original court's ruling), and hoped that the prosecutors could investigate the case thoroughly within two months. the prosecutors had questioned ko wen-je once on september 10, and again on the morning of the 13th.