Several KMT and TPP lawmakers have come under scrutiny over corruption allegations in the past days. However, it is to be seen whether such allegations affect them politically at a time when recall campaigns against all KMT legislators are ongoing...
Huang Kuo-chang was elected chair of the TPP this weekend. Huang’s victory was by overwhelming margins, in that he defeated his only competitor, former legislator Tsai Pi-ru, by 8,903 votes to 360. As such, Huang won 96.11% of votes, while Tsai only won 3.89% of votes...
Former KMT legislator Chang Hsien-yao faces charges of violating the Anti-Infiltration Act and Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act, in accepting instructions from the Chinese government to interfere with the 2024 presidential elections. Chang traveled to China several times in 2023 as part of receiving instruction, meeting with individuals such as Taiwan Affairs Office director Song Tao, current Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference chair Yeh Yu-shan, and CCP chief ideologist Wang Huning, who has taken a more proactive role in Taiwan matters for the CPP in recent years...
Ko Wen-je supporters rallied yesterday at Liberty Plaza in support of the embattled TPP leader. Organizers claimed that 150,000 attended the event, though there are allegations that the crowd count was wildly inflated and closer to 15,000...
Taiwan People Party chair Ko Wen-je faces up to 28 years and six months in prison, but has since been released on bail. Ko’s release last Friday saw the Taiwan District Court deny a motion by prosecutors to keep Ko behind bars...
Former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je, the leader of the TPP, was indicted earlier today. Prosecutors are seeking a jail sentence of 28 years and six months in jail for Ko...
Courts agreed to extend the detention of former Taipei mayor and TPP head Ko Wen-je for another two months earlier this week. This means that Ko will spend close to four months detained...
Ko Wen-je of the TPP continues to be racked by scandal. Ko remains in jail after having been jailed last week, with the overturning of his release without bail. The severity of Ko’s imprisonment is higher than previous arrests, during which he was mostly questioned by prosecutors. Ko has been sent to a prison in Tucheng and is to be treated as any other prisoner would be...
The TPP continues to face controversy, with party leader Ko Wen-je’s release without bail now revoked. As such, Ko is again held incommunicado. Ko was sent directly to prison this time and is not being held at the Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office. Ko is in a cell with three other inmates and authorities have emphasized that Ko will be treated as any other prisoner would...