The Taipei District Court has ruled that Taiwan People's Party Chairman Ko
Wen-je can remain free after it rejected an appeal by the Taipei District
Prosecutors' Office to revoke his bail.

However, the court chose to increase Ko's bail to 70-million N-T from the
original 30-million N-T set last Friday.

The court has also ordered Ko to wear an electronic tag during his release.

The district court ruling came after a mammoth bail hearing that ran from 3PM
on Sunday to midnight.

Ko now has until 5PM today to post the 70-million N-T bail or he will be
detained.

According to the presiding judge, detention is unnecessary as long as the
defendants avoid contact with witnesses and co-defendants.

The district court has also increased bail amounts for Core Pacific Group
founder and chairman, Shen Ching-jing (沈慶京), Taipei City Councilor Angela
Ying and Ko's former mayoral office head Lee Wen-tsung (李文宗).