Ko Wen-je, leader of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), ran as a third-party candidate in January’s presidential election and won about a quarter of the vote.
Ko was indicted Thursday in the property case as well as on misusing donations for the TPP and a charity foundation, and breach of trust, the Taipei district prosecutors’ office said.
The property scandal concerns Core Pacific City, a redevelopment project that saw its floor area ratio substantially increased -- done with the city government’s approval which allegedly benefited developer Sheen Ching-jing.
Sheen had allegedly obtained illegal benefits of more than NT$20 billion ($625 million) in the Core Pacific City project, a court previously said when ordering Ko’s detention.
“His post-offence attitude was also deemed poor”.
Ko has repeatedly denied all wrongdoing in the property case.
Huang Kuo-chang, a senior TPP official and head of the party’s legislative caucus, lashed out at the indictment, which he described as “politically motivated” and “a political vendetta”.
Huang also insisted “not a single dollar from the political donations account went into Ko Wen-je’s pocket”.
Asked about the letter at a news conference on Thursday, the TPP said would not elect a new chairman.
During January’s election, the TPP won eight seats in Taiwan’s fractious parliament, securing it kingmaker status in the legislature.
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