Former Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je has written a letter of resignation as chair of the Taiwan People's Party. Ko is in custody as an investigation continues into his alleged corruption during his time as mayor. The party says it has not yet received his letter of resignation.
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00:00Kuo Wenzhe has written a resignation letter to leave his position as the chair of the
00:05Taiwan People's Party.
00:07Kuo is in custody as an investigation continues into alleged corruption during his time as
00:13Taipei mayor.
00:14A Taipei district court approved Kuo's request to deliver his resignation letter to his party's
00:20secretary general after it reviewed the contents.
00:23The TPP says it has not yet received the letter and that it will need to hold a meeting to
00:28decide on the next steps for the party.