Former Taiwanese Presidential Candidate Released After Being Questioned in Graft Probe

Published on September 2, 2024

TAIPEI, Taiwan—A local court released a former Taiwanese presidential candidate on Sept. 2, two days after he was arrested as part of a graft investigation. Ko Wen-je, who finished third in January’s presidential election as a candidate from the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), was arrested on Saturday after Taiwan’s Agency Against Corruption questioned him for hours. On Friday, prosecutors searched his residence and the party’s headquarters. Ko was named in May as one of the suspects in an alleged corruption case in which Core Pacific Group, the developer of Taipei’s Core Pacific City shopping mall, was given permission to significantly expand the floor space available during Ko’s tenure as Taipei mayor from 2014 to 2022. Ko has denied wrongdoing in the case....

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