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End of Taiwan’s third force? Can ex-Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je’s party survive his corruption probe?
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Former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je being led to a police car to be taken to a detention centre in Taipei on Sept 5.
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TAIPEI – A graft probe involving former Taiwanese presidential candidate Ko Wen-je, also the ex-mayor of Taipei, has sent shock waves across the island and raised questions about the fate of Taiwan’s nascent third force.
Dr Ko, 64, is the founder of the upstart Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), which is seen to represent a new force shaking up the island’s entrenched political duopoly comprising the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT).
