TAIPEI: An ex-Taipei mayor and former presidential candidate was detained on Thursday (Sep 5) for alleged corruption after a Taiwanese court reversed a decision to release him, citing the risk of him destroying evidence and colluding with witnesses. Ko Wen-je, leader of the Taiwan People's Party (TPP), ran as a third-party candidate in January's presidential election and won about a quarter of the vote. But he has, in recent weeks, been embroiled in a corruption scandal involving a property