Ko Wen-je's Allegations: Court Rules on Examination of Evidence in Political Case

The Taipei District Court addresses claims of coercion and examines the necessity of evidence related to the investigation.

The Taipei District Court recently held a hearing concerning the case against former Taiwan People's Party (TPP) chairman, **Ko Wen-je**, involving allegations related to the Jinghua City project and political donations. During previous court sessions, Ko Wen-je claimed that prosecutors had attempted to coerce him using inappropriate videos. In response, prosecutors requested the court to examine Ko's seized hard drive and interrogation recordings, specifically citing the file path "photo-human-woman." The prosecution aimed to demonstrate that they did not threaten Ko Wen-je with the existence of non-existent inappropriate photos.

The court ultimately decided that the private photographs were irrelevant to the case, concluding that there was little necessity for their examination. The judge inquired if Ko Wen-je and his legal counsel had any objections to the prosecutor's request to examine the hard drive and the November 19, 2024, interrogation recordings. Ko Wen-je responded, stating that he had no objection to the interrogation recordings being made public, allowing the public to see that "Lin Chun-yen was just trying to scare me." He also asserted that it is the general public that will ultimately judge him in the upcoming trial, and he intends to observe "how the court will play me."