Mainland China's Taiwan Affairs Office discusses the case of Ko Wen-je: The retrogressive behaviors have already triggered increasing opposition from the people in Taiwan.

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01/04/2026
The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council held a routine press conference. A reporter asked: regarding the former chairman of the Democratic Party, Ko Wen-je, being sentenced to 17 years in prison and deprived of political rights for 6 years in the first instance, the Mainland Affairs Council said that Taiwan's judicial cases are independently judged by judicial authorities and do not need interference from the mainland. According to a relevant online survey in Taiwan, 85% of netizens think it is unreasonable. What is your comment on this? Spokesperson Zhang Han said that the Democratic Progressive Party authorities manipulate the judiciary for their own political gains, suppressing and persecuting political dissidents. Their wrongdoings have sparked more and more opposition from the people of Taiwan, and fairness and justice will ultimately prevail.