Taiwan's Ko Wen-je accuses government of witch hunt ahead of fresh arrest

TPP chief detained again in corruption probe, hours after exclusive interview

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Ko Wen-je, leader of the crisis-torn Taiwan People's Party, speaks to Nikkei Asia in an exclusive interview on Sept. 4, after he was released from custody in a graft probe. (Ko Wen-je's office)

THOMPSON CHAU, Contributing writer

TAIPEI -- The leader of Taiwan's third-biggest political party has accused the government of attempting to "suppress" opponents, in an exclusive interview less than a week after he was interrogated in a graft probe and hours before he was detained again.

Ko Wen-je, head of the Taiwan People's Party, vowed to fight on and launched broadsides against the legal system and the press, accusing them of doing the bidding of President Lai Ching-te's Democratic Progressive Party.

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