Taiwan’s former presidential candidate, Ko Wen-Je has been charged for accepting bribes and mis-using political donations.
Mr. Ko was indicated by prosecutors following probes into alleged corruption in the re-development of a centre in Taipei during his time as mayor of the Taiwanese capital and campaign finance irregularities during the presidential run.
The Taipei district prosecutor’s office said that it was seeking a sentence of twenty-eight and half years in prison for Ko, who is accused of accepting over five hundred million dollars in bribe and embezzling donations of more than sixty-eight million dollars.
It could be recalled that a Taipei court ruled that Ko should be released from custody as prosecutors have not met the standard of the court.
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