Wu Junli said he was ill and was hospitalized in Kaohsiung. Taitung prosecutors brought him back and the detention court will be reopened.

Former Taitung County Magistrate Wu Junli was implicated in the Dongying Resort Lianwai Nong Road widening scandal. The detention court was originally scheduled to be reconvened this morning (26th), but Wu was hospitalized in Kaohsiung due to illness. However, the latest major development came out in the evening. The inspection unit has gone south to Kaohsiung and brought Wu Junli, who was hospitalized and said he was ill, back to Taitung. The detention court will be held by the Taitung District Court.

The Taitung County Prosecutor's Office is investigating the illegal widening of the Lianwai Agricultural Road in Dongying Resort invested by the Taitung County Government's Touli Wu family. They have previously detained County Agriculture Department Director Xu Jiahao, former section chief Cai Minghan, and Wu Xiuhua's assistant Qiu Jiaping. The case came to its core last week. On the 20th, prosecutors launched a large-scale search of Wu Junli's residence and office. On the 20th, Wu was arrested and handcuffed in court after being interviewed that night. He then applied to the Taitung District Court for detention on suspicion of collusion of confessions, destruction of evidence, and risk of escape.

On the 21st, the Taitung District Court ruled that the case should be subject to a bail of NT$5 million, restricted residence, and technology monitoring. The prosecutor was dissatisfied and filed a protest. After a second instance trial at the Hualien High Court, it agreed that the prosecution had grounds for protest and ruled to revoke the original ruling and send it back to the Taitung District Court for a new trial.

The Taitung District Court was originally scheduled to reconvene the detention court at 10 a.m. today, but because the defendant Wu Junli is still hospitalized in Kaohsiung, he is unable to appear in court as scheduled today, so the court session has been postponed.

Originally, the court stated that it would obtain medical records and relevant diagnostic certificates from the hospital to evaluate his physical condition in accordance with the law. However, the prosecutor immediately took action today and went directly to Kaohsiung to bring Wu Junli back to Taitung. As Wu Junli is brought back to Taitung, the subsequent detention trial and judicial proceedings for this case that has attracted great public attention will further unfold.