Former Taipei Mayor Released From Detention Amid Graft Probe

Ko Wen-je, ex-mayor of Taipei and former presidential hopeful, was released from detention after being arrested in a graft investigation that could threaten the political future of the politician and his upstart Taiwan People’s Party.

Ko, who campaigned on a promise to rid the government of corruption, was freed early Monday after the Taipei District Court said there was insufficient evidence to hold him, the Central News Agency reported. He was arrested over the weekend after he balked at the continued interrogation since Friday and asked to leave the prosecutor’s office.