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taipei district prosecutors office changes its stance on ko wen-je case, huang yang-ming: there are instructions from above, fearing a backlash from public opinion

2024-09-15

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taiwan people's party chairman ko wen-je was detained and denied access to visitors for his involvement in the jinghua city scandal. the investigation of ko's wife chen pei-chi and other people involved in the case has been continuously disclosed by certain media. the taipei district prosecutors' office (hereinafter referred to as "the taipei prosecutors' office") recently interviewed media reporters and issued a statement to refute the false reports. regarding the change in the attitude of the taipei prosecutors' office, media person huang yangming said that it might be an instruction from above. if the media reports do not match the investigation facts, they will be rejected, and if they match, they will be interviewed, because the prosecutors are very afraid that the case will not be successful in the end, and the public opinion boomerang will hit the taipei prosecutors' office.

media person huang yangming said on the 14th that the northern district prosecutors office had been letting the media report everything a few days ago, but now they are starting to put the brakes on, "there must be instructions from above," because the person being investigated is ko wen-je, and if they mess around, something might go wrong.

huang yangming pointed out that according to the operating principle of non-disclosure of investigations, for major events that have attracted public attention, the courts and district prosecutors' offices can disclose some facts. detentions, detention courts, and investigation transfer results are usually disclosed in a moderate manner through press releases. this time, all of these were also disclosed in the case of ko wen-je, but the complete ruling was not available. there is also a provision in the operating principle that when media reports cause reputational damage to the defendant and are inconsistent with the facts, the court prosecutor must come out to explain, and now the northern district prosecutors' office has finally begun to explain.

huang yangming said that the current statements of the northern district prosecutors office are inconsistent with the facts. there are two things that ko wen-je said in the investigation court that "1500 is time, not money, and there has been a change of date" and "a cold wallet was found." this is equivalent to being shot down by the northern district prosecutors office and there is no need to pursue the matter any further. however, regarding the "1500 little shen" that was discussed for a long time before, the prosecution only denied what ko said during the interrogation, which is a disguised confirmation that the "1500 little shen" did exist.

huang yangming analyzed that just by looking at who the northern district prosecutors office summoned, one can know which information is confidential, because if the media spreads rumors, they do not need to summon them but can directly issue a statement to refute them. as long as the media reporters are summoned, it means that part of the report is consistent with the investigation content. "now the northern district prosecutors office's case handling model has begun to become procedurally cautious."

huang yangming said that the northern district prosecutors office clearly adopted the policy of "if the facts are inconsistent with the investigation, you will be fired; if the facts are consistent with the investigation, you will be interviewed." the key point was that the owner of "mama's mouth coffee" lu binghong came out to share his own experience. this made the northern district prosecutors office raise a red flag, because this is an eternal pain in the hearts of the prosecutors. even after the martial law was lifted, an unjust case almost occurred.

huang yangming concluded that the change in the attitude of the northern district prosecutors office may be due to pressure from taiwan’s public opinion institutions and public opinion. "the prosecutors are very afraid that they will not be able to make any progress in this case, and that the boomerang of public opinion will eventually hit the northern district prosecutors office, and they will be hurt."