Ko Wen-je, former chairman of Taiwan’s opposition Taiwan People’s Party, will still need to appear in court for questioning on Tuesday (September 9), even if he agrees to post bail on Monday (September 8).
According to reports from ETtoday News Cloud and China Times News Network, Ko Wen-je’s representative lawyer revealed they will visit Ko Wen-je at Taipei Detention Center at 9 AM on Monday. If Ko Wen-je agrees to bail, they will go to the Bank of Taiwan’s Treasury Department to pay the bail amount and then handle the related procedures at the Taipei District Court.
The representative lawyer stated that after the court confirms the completion of procedures, a security vehicle will be arranged to bring Ko Wen-je from the Taipei Detention Center to the Taipei District Court, where an electronic monitoring anklet and a case-specific phone will be provided for technological monitoring. Afterward, Ko Wen-je will leave court for an interview and walk to the gathering of Taiwan People’s Party supporters (“little grasses”) to speak.
The report said the Taipei District Court will hold a hearing on Tuesday for the Jinghua City case, at which time a member of the Taipei Urban Planning Committee, Hsu Kuo-cheng, will be summoned to testify about the Jinghua City case. The presiding judge last week notified Ko Wen-je that he is required to appear in court at that time.
Ko Wen-je’s wife, Chen Pei-chi, said in an interview outside the Taipei Detention Center in Tucheng on Sunday (the 7th) that the first thing Ko Wen-je wants to do after posting bail on Monday is return to Hsinchu to visit his mother and see where his father is buried.
Ko Wen-je is suspected of corruption, bribery, profiteering, and money laundering during his tenure as Taipei mayor. After being detained and incommunicado for a year, he was granted bail by the Taipei District Court last Friday (the 5th), set at NT$70 million (about RM9.69 million), but initially did not raise enough funds. His legal team released a statement that afternoon saying Ko still needed to give it further thought and would decide whether to apply for bail after consulting on Monday.
Jiang Heshou, a member of the Taiwan People’s Party Central Committee, revealed on Sunday that the bail money has now been raised, and the current challenge is to persuade Ko Wen-je to agree to bail. The Taiwan People’s Party also called on supporters via Facebook to "welcome Ko P home together" on Monday.
According to reports from ETtoday News Cloud and China Times News Network, Ko Wen-je’s representative lawyer revealed they will visit Ko Wen-je at Taipei Detention Center at 9 AM on Monday. If Ko Wen-je agrees to bail, they will go to the Bank of Taiwan’s Treasury Department to pay the bail amount and then handle the related procedures at the Taipei District Court.
The representative lawyer stated that after the court confirms the completion of procedures, a security vehicle will be arranged to bring Ko Wen-je from the Taipei Detention Center to the Taipei District Court, where an electronic monitoring anklet and a case-specific phone will be provided for technological monitoring. Afterward, Ko Wen-je will leave court for an interview and walk to the gathering of Taiwan People’s Party supporters (“little grasses”) to speak.
The report said the Taipei District Court will hold a hearing on Tuesday for the Jinghua City case, at which time a member of the Taipei Urban Planning Committee, Hsu Kuo-cheng, will be summoned to testify about the Jinghua City case. The presiding judge last week notified Ko Wen-je that he is required to appear in court at that time.
Ko Wen-je’s wife, Chen Pei-chi, said in an interview outside the Taipei Detention Center in Tucheng on Sunday (the 7th) that the first thing Ko Wen-je wants to do after posting bail on Monday is return to Hsinchu to visit his mother and see where his father is buried.
Ko Wen-je is suspected of corruption, bribery, profiteering, and money laundering during his tenure as Taipei mayor. After being detained and incommunicado for a year, he was granted bail by the Taipei District Court last Friday (the 5th), set at NT$70 million (about RM9.69 million), but initially did not raise enough funds. His legal team released a statement that afternoon saying Ko still needed to give it further thought and would decide whether to apply for bail after consulting on Monday.
Jiang Heshou, a member of the Taiwan People’s Party Central Committee, revealed on Sunday that the bail money has now been raised, and the current challenge is to persuade Ko Wen-je to agree to bail. The Taiwan People’s Party also called on supporters via Facebook to "welcome Ko P home together" on Monday.