The Huacheng area ratio case in Taipei has spread. Popular Party Chairman and former Taipei Mayor Ko Wenzhe was detained and banned from public viewing on suspicion of profiteering. The prosecutor seized the record "Xiao Shen 1,500 Shen Qingjing" in Ke Wenzhe's USB, suspecting th

Taipei’s Beijing Huacheng floor area ratio case spread. Popular Party Chairman and former Taipei Mayor Ko Wenzhe was detained and banned from public viewing on suspicion of profiteering. The prosecutor seized the record "Xiao Shen 1,500 Shen Qingjing" in Ke Wenzhe's USB, suspecting that it was a consideration for accepting bribes for a future contract. Ke appeared in court for the first time and was remanded to the Taipei Detention Center after the interrogation. This morning (11th), the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office (hereinafter referred to as the "Beijing Prosecutor's Office") interrogated Wei Jing Group Chairman Shen Qingjing to find out the facts of the case. In addition, it does not rule out the possibility of interrogating Kuomintang Taipei City Councilor Ying Xiaowei to appear in court today.

Taiwan prosecutors have interrogated Shen Qingjing once the day before yesterday, and will interrogate Shen again this morning. The prison van arrived at the Beijing Procuratorate at 9:26 a.m., and Shen Qingjing entered the Beijing Procuratorate in a wheelchair with the assistance of the judicial police to answer the question. When asked by the media, Shen did not respond. Shen Qingjing also entered the Beijing Inquisition Office in a wheelchair on Monday, but after the interrogation, Shen walked into the prison car on his own, walking slowly, and was remanded to the Taipei Detention Center.

Shen Qingjing and Ying Xiaowei are the key figures in the Jinghua City floor area ratio case. Taiwan's anti-corruption unit believes that Shen Qingjing is the briber and Ying Xiaowei is the briber, and there is consideration between the two. From 2018 to 2021, Shen Qingjing was suspected of instructing the companies under the Weiking Group to successively allocate nearly 10 million yuan (NT$, the same below) in public relations fees. After accepting bribes, Ying Xiaowei held two coordination meetings for Jinghua City in the parliamentary office to find officials to attend and help. Get rid of the trap.

Ying Xiaowei wanted to take a flight to leave Taiwan on the evening of August 27, but was urgently arrested and charged by the prosecutor. On August 30, prosecutors asked the Taipei District Court to detain Shen Qingjing, Ying Xiaowei, Ying's assistant Wu Shunmin and others on suspicion of committing "accepting bribes in violation of their duties" under the "Corruption Crime Ordinance". Ying Xiaowei filed a protest on the 8th day of detention but was rejected. She has been detained for 13 days. Shen Qingjing also filed a protest a few days ago, but Taiwan's "High Court" rejected it on the 6th of this month. After Ke Wenzhe was taken into custody, prosecutors actively traced the flow of bribes. Shen Qingjing was interrogated the day before yesterday, but Shen Qingjing still denied bribery.

The prosecutors yesterday also brought Taipei City Deputy Mayor Peng Zhensheng to court to confirm whether the relevant official documents were "Ke Wenzhe's instructions" regarding the profit-making part of the floor area ratio of Jinghua City. The prosecutor also used a witness to summon Yuan Ruying, then deputy chief engineering director of the Urban Development Bureau of the Taipei City Government, to learn whether Ko Wenzhe and Peng Zhensheng intervened and took the lead when the floor area ratio of Jinghua City was increased from 560% to 672%, and asked Yuan Ruying to explain the signing of official documents. Please come back after the process.

The starting point of the high floor area ratio of Beijing Capital City originated from Ying Xiaowei’s first “lucky lunch meeting” with Ke Wenzhe on March 10, 2020. At that time, Ying Xiaowei mentioned the floor area ratio issue. After the luncheon party, Jinghua City sent a petition to the mayor's office on March 17, and held the first meeting of experts and scholars on June 20. Some members believed that the Taipei City Government could draft a plan for Jinghua City and then enter the "Metropolitan Committee" "After deliberation, whether Ying Xiaowei managed to unblock the escort of a specific person is what the prosecutor wants to find out. (Straits Herald reporter Lin Jingxian in Taiwan)