Ko Wen-je released on NT$70M bail after 1 year in detention

Ko Wen-je released on NT$70M bail after 1 year in detention

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Former TPP Chair Ko Wen-je was released at 2:20 p.m. Monday on NT$70 million bail by the Taipei District Court. As soon as he stepped outside and could speak to the public directly again, he made a 7-minute tirade against the prosecutors and more importantly, the president. Ko holds that the whole case is tantamount to a political prosecution, which has only further stoked the anger of both his supporters and opponents.

Former TPP Chair Ko Wen-je speaks to the press as soon as he steps outside the Taipei District Court after being released on bail.

Ko Wen-je
Former TPP chair
I must thank my supporters. It’s because of you that I could hang on over this past year. When my father was gravely ill, that was actually the most trying time for me personally. Your calls of support gave me the courage to persist until now.

After acknowledging his supporters, Ko immediately shifted to the prosecutors and slammed them for abuse of power.

Ko Wen-je
Former TPP chair
To the prosecutors: you’ve done investigations for a whole year, but what have you found? The DPP could not have dreamed that the TPP would be so clean. The Great Recall: 32-0. The prosecutors greatly factored into the results. This case is a miscarriage of justice. My classmate Lee Wen-tsung has nothing at all to do with the Core Pacific case.

Hung Chien-yi
Taipei City councilor (DPP)
He’s manipulating evidence right now! Lee Wen-tsung was also listed as a defendant in the case because he received a text that said “2.1 million.” He’s instructing Lee not to admit to it no matter what.

Huang Ti-ying
Lawyer not involved in the case
His address wasn’t very long, but I caught at least four major lies. Keelung’s deputy mayor said Mayor Hsieh Kuo-liang’s mother donated NT$2 million and delivered it to Ko Wen-je at his mayor’s office. But Ko Wen-je himself said nothing about Chan Master Miaotian taking NT$10 million and having Hsu Chih-yu carry the NT$10 million. He didn’t object, so he admitted that. He said investigations found no financial flows. This is a complete lie. If you’ve read the court records, you’ll know that Ko Wen-je’s lying again.

Ko holds that he’s being trialed unfairly, but not everyone is buying it. Ko also insists that the president, Lai Ching-te is behind this so-called political persecution against him.

Ko Wen-je
Former TPP chair
Why did you leave the whole country so divided? Lai Ching-te, you should really have a think about that.

Jimmy Wang
Pundit
Everything he said only carries one message. He’s telling the judges that they cannot put him in jail. He’s threatening to cause Lai Ching-te trouble if he’s put in jail. He’s also saying that if the division sowed by the TPP becomes even deeper in the future, then it’s none of his—Ko Wen-je’s—fault, but Lai Ching-te’s, because Lai Ching-te did not stop the judge from sentencing him.

With the president named in full, Ko’s first words to the public left opponents wondering what his real, political motives are.

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#柯文哲 #bail #京華城 #taipei #taiwan #tpp

柯文哲交保獲自由稱京案是"冤獄" 律師狠酸:又在說謊

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前民眾黨主席柯文哲下午2點20分左右交保，隨即在北院門口發表談話，一開口便感謝支持者，還強調京華城案是冤獄，先是開轟"檢察官"，又把炮口對準總統"賴清德"。只不過，短短7分鐘的發言，被揪出有不少謊言，律師黃帝穎就狠酸柯文哲又在說謊。

終於交保，前民眾黨主席柯文哲一踏出北院，立刻在門口發表談話。

[[前民眾黨主席柯文哲]]
“還是要謝謝小草們的支持，這一年來因為有你們，我才可以撐到現在，我父親在病危的時候，其實那時候我是最難熬的時候，你們的呼喊聲”阿北加油”，讓我有勇氣可以走到現在”

感謝小草的話才講完，柯文哲馬上開轟檢察官，還替同為被告的李文宗叫屈。

[[前民眾黨主席柯文哲]]
“檢察官你們查了一年，到底查到什麼，民進黨作夢都沒想到，台灣民眾黨怎麼會這麼乾淨，大罷免32:0，檢察官是很重要的因素，這個案子是冤獄，我同學李文宗，他根本沒碰到京華城案”

[[台北市議員(民) 洪健益]]
“他現在在串證耶，李文宗是同案被告是因為210萬，他收到這個簡訊，他在告訴李文宗，這個死都不要承認”

[[律師黃帝穎]]
“剛剛談話沒有很長，但我抓到至少有4大說謊，基隆市副市長講，謝國樑他媽媽捐兩百萬，到市長室拿給柯文哲。柯文哲自己對於妙天拿了1000萬，橘子(許芷瑜)拖著1000萬，這部分他不表示意見，不抗議，他就認了，他說都沒查到錢，這完全是說謊，看了法庭紀錄，就可以知道柯文哲又在說謊”

柯文哲試圖營造"冤獄"形象，遭到律師一一舉證打臉，但他話越講越重，還把炮口對準總統賴清德。

[[前民眾黨主席柯文哲]]
“為什麼要讓整個國家陷入四分五裂，賴清德你好好想一想吧”

[[時事評論員汪潔民]]
“他的內容只在告訴一件事，法官啊，你不能關我，你關我了，我就找賴清德麻煩，未來如果因為民眾黨所造成的對立大幅增加，不是我柯文哲的錯，是賴清德的錯，因為賴清德，沒有阻止法官對他判刑”

從自認冤獄到砲轟賴清德，柯文哲高調在媒體前公開發言，恐怕不是單純抒發情緒，背後的政治目的不言而喻。

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