Former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je indicted for corruption, could face 28 years' jail

by Panzer
Prosecutors in Taiwan have adopted a fall. A man of Taipei on charges of
corruption and misuse of political donations of that seeking a 28 year jail
term for Ko Wen-je a the lead of the Taiwan People's Party ran for president
as a 3rd party candidate in elections in January.
Kirsten Boiled in a series of scandals including a real estate corruption case
during his time as mayor.
A cause accused of receiving nearly $460,000 as bright. The money
prosecutors also charged with in visiting at least 1.8 million dollars of
political donations made to his party.
He has repeatedly denied all wrongdoing. A senior PPP official can, Dan, the
charges as court of political vendetta
because the non political of personally from his role as party leader since
September. But the TPP says it will not elect a new chairman. Victoria Jen tells
us more.
After nearly 4 months of intense investigation, prosecutors say that they
have substantial evidence to prove that going to have accepted bribes from
corporate civic group on a redevelopment project while he was Taipei City mayor,
he suspected of approving the increase of floor area ratio for the project from
500, 60% to 800, 40% in exchange for monetary rewards and other favors.
The increase was significantly inflate the value of the property by billions of
dollars. He's also accused of embezzling political donations. So prosecutors are
now charging him with corruption and embezzlement. Of course, Ko Wen-je a
denied any wrongdoing. He's pleading not guilty. And his party is calling the
latest charges of political persecution by the ruling Democratic Progressive
Party.
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If convicted, Ko Wen-je could face a maximum sentence of life in prison along
with other corruption charges in the pipeline, this would mean the end of Ko
Wen-je has political career. If you recall back in January, he ran in the
presidential election which he won. 26 1% of the vote ending 3rd in the
race. Ko Wen-je a is also currently the chairman of Taiwan People's Party,