Taiwan People's Party founder and former Chairman Ko Wen-je is now at home
after his wife Chen Pei-chi posted bail of 70 million NT.

Ko left the Taipei Detention Center Monday afternoon and headed to the Taipei
District Court - where he was fitted with an ankle monitor.

He then left the court accompanied by his wife, T-P-P Chairman Huang
Kuo-chang and internet personality Holger Chen - before addressing a crowd of
some 700 of his supporters.

Ko thanked his supporters for standing by him over the past year and said
prosecutors have found "nothing" incriminating despite comprehensive searches
targeting him, his family, his assistants and the T-P-P.

The T-P-P founder said he hopes "Taiwan can be made better because of us, not
torn apart by division, as it has been under President Lai Ching-te" and he
went on to describe that the case against him a "miscarriage of justice."

Under the terms of his release, the court has banned Ko from leaving his
residence, and he is prohibited from contacting codefendants or witnesses in
the case.

Ko had been detained since September of last year in connection with two
corruption cases.

He was indicted in December on four charges, including accepting 17-million
N-T in bribes related to the Core Pacific City redevelopment case while
serving as Taipei mayor, and for embezzling political donations during his
2024 presidential campaign.