Detained Ko focus of international press
Detained Ko focus of international press
2024-09-06
After being detained and held incommunicado over alleged corruption on Thursday, Taiwan People’s Party leader Ko Wen-je has garnered much international media attention. And not all of it has been good press. The Chinese language BBC quoted a scholar as saying Ko’s image of political integrity has collapsed. However, shortly before his detention, Ko also spoke to Nikkei Asia, where he accused the DPP government of using the judiciary to suppress opponents. Let’s hear more about what the international media has to say.
TPP chairman Ko Wen-je’s alleged involvement in the Core Pacific City mall corruption case has made international headlines, and not just in Hong Kong. Japan’s Nikkei Asia had an exclusive interview with Ko less than a week after his first detention and hours before he was detained once again.
Nikkei’s headline read: “Taiwan’s Ko Wen-je accuses government of witch hunt.” In the story, Ko complains that what he finds “most disappointing” is that Taiwan spent 30 years overthrowing the KMT party state, only to have most of judiciary and media now being President Lai Ching-te’s political tools. Referring to a campaign finance scandal, Ko conceded that “we dare not say that we are absolutely not wrong” but complained that the media hype had magnified mistakes. Using American politics as an analogy, Ko said if the government under the Democratic Party in the U.S. went and raided the headquarters of the Republican Party, took away the computers and information saved, and used the information to check if every move is lawful, how would this look?
Ko Wen-je (Sept. 2)
TPP Chair
I can’t comprehend the motive for searching the residence, office and central party headquarters of the chair of a main opposition party.
In addition to Asian media reports, European and American media are also paying close attention. Bloomberg points out that Ko has denied any wrongdoing in the Core Pacific City corruption case. AFP notes that the TPP has eight seats in the Legislative Yuan and holds the balance of power, so Ko’s actions will have a profound impact on Taiwanese politics. The BBC’s Chinese language media quotes Yeh Yao-yuan, chair of International Studies and Modern Languages at America’s University of St Thomas as saying Ko’s image of political integrity had collapsed and it would be difficult for him to politically survive. However, Yeh also predicted there would be continue to be three forces in Taiwanese politics.
Huang Kuo-chang
TPP caucus convener
Many international friends and international journalists have taken the initiative to show care for our chair. The chair’s declarations to everyone are very clear. This is a marathon and we must prepare for a long-term resistance war.
The leader of Taiwan’s third largest political party in the last week has been arrested, then released from detention before being detained again. Nikkei Asia says Ko faces several years in jail if convicted for corruption and describes this as a “potential Shakespearean twist.”
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逆轉! 柯文哲羈押禁見 日經亞洲:有如莎士比亞大戲
2024-09-06
京華城案案情翻轉，民眾黨主席柯文哲裁定收押禁見，國際媒體也關注，紛紛以台灣第三大黨領袖涉貪捲醜聞來報導。BBC還引用專家看法，說他政治誠信的人設崩壞。不過，柯文哲日前對"日經亞洲"訴苦，卻稱賴清德政府試圖打壓反對派。日經亞洲對偵辦過程翻轉，則形容是「莎士比亞式的轉折」。
民眾黨主席柯文哲，京華城案登上國際版面，不只香港媒體緊追報導，日經亞洲也在兩次羈押庭中間空檔，做了專訪。
標題寫著，柯文哲控訴政府獵巫，內容提到，他最失望的是，台灣花30年推翻國民黨黨國體制，結果多數司法體系和媒體，卻淪為總統賴清德的政治工具。關於政治獻金風波，他承認"不敢說我們絕對沒有錯"，但在媒體炒作下，錯誤被放大了！還舉美國當例子反問，如果民主黨政府突襲共和黨總部，拿走電腦和儲存的資料，檢視一舉一動是否違法，這看起來如何呢？
[[民眾黨主席 柯文哲(9.2)]]
“搜索主要在野黨黨主席的住家、辦公室還有中央黨部，無法理解動機是什麼。”
除了亞洲媒體報導，歐美媒體也十分關注，根據"彭博社"刊載，柯文哲否認在京華城案中，有任何不當行為；法新社"則指出，民眾黨在立院擁有8席，是關鍵少數，柯文哲動向將深遠影響台灣政治。而"BBC中文網"引用美國聖湯瑪斯大學國際研究講座教葉耀元受訪認為，柯文哲政治誠信的人設崩壞，政治生命該很難延續下去，但分析第三勢力並不會因此消失。
[[民眾黨團總召 黃國昌]]
“有非常多國際的友人以及國際的媒體，他們主動的關心主席，主席對大家的宣示非常的清楚。這是一場馬拉松，要準備長期抗戰。”
第一次羈押庭獲釋，第二次卻逆轉被上銬移送，日經亞洲比喻，如果柯文哲面臨多年監禁，有如上演莎士比亞大戲。台灣第三大黨領袖涉貪捲醜聞收押，成為國際媒體標題。
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