FACTS AND LOGIC:A Presidential Office source said Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je had ignored that Farglory’s bid for the Dome contract was revoked by then-mayor Ma
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 20, 2015
By: Kuo An-chia / Staff reporter, with CNA
The Presidential Office yesterday asked Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) to “produce
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, right, takes part in a workout at Tsu Huei Temple in Taipei’s Songshan District before a mass walk yesterday. Photo: CNA
evidence” for comments he made on Saturday that the Taipei Dome project is “ruining the banner of honesty and non-corruption upheld” by President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九).
Ko yesterday said evidence would come “soon,” adding that the situation has been handed to the recently formed Taipei Clean Government Committee and would be settled within a month.
During a speech at the Ketagalan Institute on Saturday, Ko said that the Taipei Dome project has ruined Ma’s vow of integrity, with the former Taipei mayor’s municipal administration accused of lining the pockets of Farglory Land Development Co (遠雄建設), the firm responsible for building the facility. [FULL STORY]