Taiwan People’s Party Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) posted bail this afternoon, along with three other suspects in a series of corruption and campaign finance cases.
Ko’s wife, Peggy Chen (陳佩琪), went to the Taipei District Court at 1:38pm to post NT$70 million (US$2.13 million) bail for the former Taipei mayor’s release.
The High Court had earlier overturned the district court’s ruling to release Ko on bail of NT$30 million, after the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office petitioned to have him and the other suspects returned to pretrial detention.
Photo: Chu Pei-hsiung, Taipei Times
In a retrial, the district court last night again rejected prosecutors’ request to continue Ko’s detention, but raised the bail amount to NT$70 million and ordered that he must wear an electronic tracking device.
The High Court also ordered the district court to reconvene bail hearings for suspects Taipei City Councilor Angela Ying (應曉薇), Core Pacific Group (威京集團) founder and chairman Sheen Ching-jing (沈慶京), and Lee Wen-tsung (李文宗), finance chief of Ko’s presidential election campaign.
They did not request a retrial for former Taipei deputy mayor Pong Cheng-sheng (彭振聲), who was released on NT$5 million bail last week, as he had admitted guilt and cooperated during the investigation.
Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
The district court yesterday raised the bail amount for Sheen to NT$100 million, and granted Ying and Lee the same bail for a second time of NT$15 million and NT$10 million respectively.
Sheen, Ying and Lee also posted bail this afternoon, and are to be required to wear tracking devices.
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