During the second trial, I was shaking and choking with sobs! Ying Xiaowei pointed out that the first trial was too harsh and the verdict contained three major errors and the verdict should be changed to not guilty.

Former Taipei Mayor Ko Wenzhe was sentenced to 17 years in the first instance for his involvement in Beijing City and political donation cases. The case was appealed and is currently being heard by the High Court in the second instance. The High Court held a hearing this afternoon (9th) and summoned Weiking Group Chairman Shen Qingjing for the first time, as well as KMT Taipei City Councilor Ying Xiaowei and Ying's parliamentary assistant Wu Shunmin. All three pleaded not guilty today.

Ying Xiaowei was trembling and choking in court today (9th). She said that the first-instance judgment contained many errors and the sentence was too harsh, which made her deeply sad. "If I am sentenced for doing something wrong, I have nothing to say." However, she did not engage in any illegal behavior and asked the High Court to change the verdict to not guilty.

The High Court opened its preparatory proceedings today. Ying Xiaowei argued in court that there were at least three errors in the first-instance judgment, improperly linking her years of exercising her power as a public opinion representative through interrogatories, luncheons, etc., with the Jinghua City case, but did not specify what she was When and where, which civil servant was asked to illegally relax the size limit of Jinghua City, and emphasized that as a city councilor, she had no final decision-making power on urban planning. The original trial only relied on the witness's statement that she was under questioning pressure, and found that she had violated her duties and accepted bribes, which was obviously inappropriate.

Ying Xiaowei pointed out that the funds received by the five associations and foundations came from donations from different companies and individuals. There was no evidence to prove that the funds were bribery, and the relevant funds did not flow into her personal account, but were actually used to support the disadvantaged, promote sports and other public welfare purposes. The original trial did not fully consider the relevant evidence.

She choked and trembled at one point, stressing that the first-instance verdict had many unreasonable features and the sentence was too harsh, which made her deeply sad. "If I am convicted for doing something wrong, I have nothing to say." However, she did not commit any illegal behavior and asked the high court to change the verdict to not guilty.

Ying Xiaowei's defense lawyer Xiao Renjie said that the first trial overall evaluated Ying Xiaowei's questioning, coordination and concern as putting pressure on the city government, but did not specify when and where she contributed to the illegal resolution of the Jinghua City case. Instead, it overextended the dispute that was originally a legal and administrative procedure and generally determined it to be a crime, lacking specific evidence of the relationship between official behavior and bribe consideration.

Xiao Renjie further pointed out that the original trial identified five actually operating associations and foundations as organizations under Ying Xiaowei's personal control, and regarded relevant donations as bribes, and then determined that she used the associations to create breakpoints in cash flow and involved money laundering. However, there was insufficient evidence in the file to support the above determination, and there were still major reasonable doubts about the criminal facts. He requested the High Court to revoke the original verdict and acquit Ying Xiaowei instead.