Taiwan's third largest party, the Taiwan People's Party (TPP), has called for nationwide protests against the detention of its leader, Ko Wen-je. The party's chair and former Taipei mayor has been re-arrested, after previously being released without bail, amid an intensifying graft probe against him.
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00:00Taiwan's third-largest party is speaking out against the re-arrest of their leader,
00:05Kuo Wenzhe, saying that the corruption probe against him is damaging judicial integrity.
00:10Under the new authoritarian system led by Lai Ching-teh, not only did Kuo Wenzhe's personal
00:22reputation be damaged, but Taiwan's judicial integrity and the people's trust in the judicial
00:34system were also seriously damaged.
00:35Party heads are organizing what they call a series of talks across the country, kicking
00:39off with one in the capital Sunday night outside the legislature.
00:43Kuo is in custody with access only to his lawyer, a detention that could last up to
00:48four months.
00:49Kuo is being investigated over alleged corruption during his time as Taipei mayor.