A Taiwan court yesterday sentenced Ko Wen-je, the founder of the opposition Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) and a former presidential candidate, to seventeen years in prison on bribery and corruption charges. He is also banned from running for president in 2028. Ko, 66, has denied wrongdoing. Some opposition critics argue that Taiwan’s judiciary is being politically weaponized, though President Lai Ching-te said last year that political interference in the judiciary had “ended.”
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A Taiwan court yesterday sentenced Ko Wen-je, the founder of the opposition Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) and a former presidential candidate, to seventeen years in prison on bribery and corruption charges. He is also banned from running for president in 2028. Ko, 66, has denied wrongdoing. Some opposition critics argue that Taiwan’s judiciary is being politically weaponized, though President Lai Ching-te said last year that political interference in the judiciary had “ended.”