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Former Taipei Mayor Sentenced to 17 Years in Sweeping Bribery Case

ID: 700842a5-cd4c-5da5-889f-582e3f08bd04

STIX ID: report--700842a5-cd4c-5da5-889f-582e3f08bd04

Feed Name: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Date Published: 2026-03-26

Date Updated: 2026-03-26

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Former Taipei Mayor Ko Wen‑je was sentenced to 17 years in prison after prosecutors proved he accepted T$17.1 million in bribes related to a capital real estate development project during his second mayoral term and convicted him of misusing political donations; he had previously been indicted in December 2024, spent nearly a year in pretrial detention, and remains under investigation in six other cases.

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