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ko wenzhe, the chairman of the people’s party who was detained and banned from the taipei district prosecutor’s office due to his involvement in the beijing capital city case during his tenure as mayor of taipei, refused to answer the question on october 1 due to “concerns about his physical and mental condition.” however, lawyer huang diying believes that ko wenzhe i made this decision probably because i knew the situation was over.

the taipei district prosecutor's office stated that prosecutors were originally scheduled to interrogate ke wenzhe at 5 o'clock in the morning on october 1, but when the judicial police came to present his case, he expressed his unwillingness to answer the question. the prosecutor's office immediately reported the matter to the prosecutor in charge. after considering whether ke's physical and mental condition was suitable to stand trial, the government determined that there were still doubts, so it decided to cancel the original court date and re-array the case on another scheduled date.

regarding ke wenzhe's failure to appear in court, there are many speculations from the outside world. some people think that ke is angry with the investigators, and some think that ke has health problems after being detained for nearly one month. the prosecutor said that according to relevant laws, whether he is physically ill or not is considered a medical condition. matters should be classified and cannot be disclosed to the public based on the principle of investigation confidentiality.

ke wenzhe was involved in cases involving beijing city's floor area ratio, political donations, etc. on september 5 this year, he was ordered to be detained and prohibited from seeing anyone. it is already the 27th day. the prosecutor intensively interrogated ke wenzhe to verify the case. on september 10, september 13, and september ke was arraigned in court four times on september 18 and september 26. the case is stuck today and the prosecutor will respond in a timely manner.

huang diying posted on social media that after zhu yahu, the former director of the taipei city military service bureau, was detained and admitted to bribery, ke wenzhe refused to be interrogated and appeared in court. he may have known that the end was over. he pointed out that in practice, once the briber pleads guilty, the defendant who accepted the bribe will knowing that the situation is over, it is common for a person to refuse to go to court with a guilty conscience, or to be speechless in court.

huang diying also mentioned that it is generally impossible to refuse the interrogation of a defendant in custody unless he suddenly becomes seriously ill. prosecutors are required by law to compel the defendant to appear in court. therefore, the beijing procuratorate's cooperation with ke wenzhe in changing the court date is actually a courtesy to him.