Chu hid KMT assets: KoBy Lee I-chia, Lin Che-yuan and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters, with staff writerTaiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman and presidential candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) yesterday accused Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) of using NT$180 million (US$5.4 million) of hidden ill-gotten party assets as an election war chest. In 2015, Chu liquidated KMT assets and transferred it to privately owned foundations out of fear that the Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee would seize wealth it acquired during the Martial Law era, Ko said. Taiwan People’s Party Chairman and presidential candidate Ko Wen-je, center, speaks to reporters in Taipei yesterday. In an open letter to TPP members on Friday, Ko said that the KMT presidential campaign was rapidly heading down a pro-China path and had no chance of winning in January. He said the reason why the DPP and KMT have abandoned their beliefs is because their supporters are too kind and believe them too easily.
