TAIPEI, March 26 (Reuters) - A Taipei ⁠court on Thursday sentenced former city mayor and one-time presidential candidate ⁠Ko Wen-je to 17 years in jail after finding him guilty of ‌corruption and misuse of political donations, the official Central News Agency said. Ko, who was ⁠mayor ‌from 2014 to 2022 and came third in 2024's presidential election, was arrested in 2024. He is the founder of the Taiwan People's Party (TPP), whose current ⁠chairman, Huang Kuo-chang, ​decried the verdict in a post on his Facebook page. The TPP only has eight seats in parliament, but generally votes with the largest opposition party, the Kuomintang. Some ​of those supporters protested outside the courthouse in central Taipei, proclaiming Ko's innocence.

Source: The Star March 26, 2026 14:54 UTC