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[global times comprehensive report] the taipei district prosecutors' office (tdpo) has repeatedly experienced leaks of information while investigating the jinghuacheng case involving people's party chairman ko wen-je. many pro-green media outlets revealed the case and manipulated public opinion, causing people on the island to criticize the "green (democratic progressive party) prosecutors and media as one."

according to taiwan's china times on september 17, after ko wen-je was searched on august 30, certain media outlets repeatedly "exclusively reported" the details of the investigation, causing people on the island to question whether the taipei prosecutors had leaked secrets. among them, the "exclusive chaos" on september 6, the day after ko was detained, was the most exaggerated. on the afternoon of the 6th, first, dpp "legislator" wang dingyu announced on the social platform, "i heard that sanli news will have a very, very scary exclusive report at 7 o'clock tonight, so scary that abei (referring to ko wen-je) will not be able to come out!" taiwan's mirror weekly rushed to publish an "exclusive" report half an hour earlier, saying that the prosecutors and the "integrity commission" (collectively known as the procuratorate and the integrity commission) searched ko's home on august 30 and found ko wen-je's portable usb, which contained a document recording "2022111 xiao shen 1500 shen qingjing", which was close to the time when taipei city issued a building permit to jinghua city on october 18 of the same year. that night, taiwan sanlih television reporter ma yuwen claimed in a program that she had been running the investigation route for 7 years and had 200% trust in the source of the news, and was sure that "1500 refers to 15 million yuan (new taiwan dollars)". she also said that she had long been aware of the information of 15 million yuan in the "mysterious account book" of jinghuacheng owner shen qingjing in ke wenzhe's usb, which also involved group presidents, technology industry tycoons, etc. the people who handled the matter and the amount were clearly recorded, "this is an exclusive that has been suppressed for 5 days." on the 12th, taiwan's "ling media" "exclusively reported" that the procuratorate seized ke wenzhe's mysterious safe in a bank. the next day, ke's wife confirmed this in an interview. the northern district prosecutors office was once again criticized for leaking secrets.

faced with all kinds of criticism and doubts, the taipei prosecutors were forced to launch an investigation on the 9th. the chief prosecutor interviewed two reporters from mirror weekly as witnesses on the 12th, two reporters from ling media on the 13th, and sanli reporter ma yuwen on the 16th. the prosecutors said that the relevant reports were reporters' retelling of the sources of information, or were written after comprehensive analysis and judgment based on years of interview experience, public interviews with people related to the case, and the content of court press releases. "none of them came from the taipei prosecutors, the 'icac' and other related public officials, and the investigation team did not leak any information."

the people's party criticized the taipei prosecutors' office for allowing and even colluding with certain media to guide the public trial, causing a public outcry before hastily summoning reporters for questioning. they then issued a statement denying that "they are a typical example of 'players and referees', which is really unacceptable to society." on the 16th, veteran taiwanese media person fan qiming listed the schedule for sanli reporters to go to the prosecutors for interviews. the interviewed reporters appeared at the taipei prosecutors' office at 9:30 in the morning and left an hour later. the taipei prosecutors' office worked from 10:30 to 12:00, followed by lunch and lunch break. the investigation results were released from 13:30 to 15:00, and even the press release was prepared. "i just want to ask what exactly was investigated?"

wu zongxian, a kuomintang legislator who was a prosecutor, said that the judicial authorities deliberately leaked the news to reporters and let the media attack ko wen-je. "the prosecutors said at the beginning that they hoped the public would provide a clean space for handling cases. who is letting whom down now?" kuomintang legislator li yen-xiu said that from the restart of the investigation into the "three centrals case" involving ma ying-jeou to the current ko wen-je case, the prosecutors had been spreading the word through specific media, seriously violating the principle of "non-disclosure of investigations", and then using "non-confirmation" to create imagination and operating space for the outside world, which has formed a "party-prosecution-media political complex" under the dpp authorities. this is the main reason why the taiwanese people have long lost trust in the judiciary.

on the 17th, taiwanese scholar lian hongqing wrote that the investigation process of ko wen-je's jinghuacheng case proved that the "dpp, prosecutors, and wing media" have become a trinity. the prosecutors (or their senior officials) disclosed the information in the investigation to specific media, and the media used this information to attack the opposition party, and then received feedback from the dpp authorities. since the dpp came to power, the authorities' publicity expenses have almost all been handled by "green friends" media. for example, in 2021, sanli and mintv received a total of nt$550 million in bids from the authorities, and nt$600 million in 2022. in the 2023 anti-fraud publicity bid, mintv's winning amount accounted for 94% of the overall anti-fraud budget. the article bluntly stated, "this is the routine of the dpp to use resources to feed the wing, conduct internal propaganda and political operations."

taiwan's united daily news said on the 17th that the most criticized aspect of the jinghuacheng case is that unverified news is flying everywhere. the fact that the northern district prosecutors office is eager to distance itself from the case only makes it more obvious that the police are trying to cover up the truth. when the case is selectively revealed, exaggerated, or misinterpreted, not only will the detained defendants have no chance to refute, but it may also interfere with the judicial process, especially if the final investigation results are inconsistent with the public's preconceived ideas influenced by the reports, which will seriously damage the credibility of the judiciary. the china times said on the 17th that the dpp has been continuously building the "green prosecutors and media" trinity during the eight years of tsai ing-wen's administration. in the past, the blue camp suffered greatly from it. now that the northern district prosecutors' office is investigating the ke wenzhe case, many people have begun to notice this. the whole process shows nakedly how the dpp controls the administrative machinery and how the green media or so-called senior media people lead the trend. it fully reflects the classic line in the movie "shaolin soccer": "the referee, the referee, and the circumstantial witness are all my people, how can they fight me?" the article said that the "green prosecutors and media" are closely integrated under the green camp's rule, and use the propaganda budget to favor specific media. the opposition party's attempts to pass the "legislative yuan" have been blocked. "the ke case is like a magic mirror, revealing the 'new green terror' one by one." (zhang ruo)