{"id":8338,"date":"2026-03-26T07:20:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=8338"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:20:06","slug":"ke-wenjie-was-sentenced-to-17-years-in-prison-in-the-jinghuacheng-case-and-the-political-donation-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=8338","title":{"rendered":"Ke Wenjie was sentenced to 17 years in prison in the Jinghuacheng case and the political donation case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ko Wen-jeh, former mayor of Taipei and former chairman of the People’s Party, was sentenced to 28 years and 6 months in prison by the Taipei District Attorney’s office, on the afternoon of March 26, the Taipei District Court announced the verdict of the first trial. Ko Wen-je was sentenced to 17 years in prison and six years without public rights, Taiwanese media reported.<\/p>\n

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\nKo arrived at a Taipei District Court on Monday after being sentenced in the Beijing-chengdu case. Source: ETTV Cloud, Taiwan<\/p>\n

The Jinghuacheng case has received a lot of political attention in Taiwan in recent years. In 2001, the Core Pacific City Mall opened in Taipei’s Songshan District. The mall was built by Taiwan’s Weijing Group and was once the city’s largest department store. However, due to the impact of the external market environment and the poor internal mobility, the operation of the shopping center is not as expected. It closed in 2019 and plans to be transformed into a commercial park of Jinghua Plaza. But in the process of applying for the redevelopment, the city’s floor area ratio was relaxed by the Taipei City government all the way to 840% , which is said to be the highest in Taiwan’s history, causing social controversy.<\/p>\n

In May 2024, the Taipei District Attorney’s office announced it was investigating the case. Ko, who was re-elected Mayor of Taipei from 2014 to 2022, is a key target of the investigation. From when KO Wen-jeh’s home was searched and he was detained, to when the Taipei District Attorney’s office prosecuted KO Wen-jeh for corruption and other crimes and sentenced him to 28 years and 6 months in prison, the whole case lasted nearly two years, on March 26 this year, the verdict of the first trial came.<\/p>\n

Taiwan’s\u201cUnited Daily News\u201d reported on March 25 that Ko Wen-je’s judicial verdict had a key impact on his subsequent political career. According to Taiwan’s\u201cElection recall law,\u201d\u201cA person who has committed a crime of corruption must be convicted by a guilty verdict.\u201d Or a person may not register to stand for election as leader or deputy leader of the Taiwan region, regardless of the fact that the sentence of death penalty, life imprisonment or imprisonment of more than 10 years has not yet been determined. Therefore, the decision of the collegiate bench, ko’s political future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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