Taiwanese politics is heating up again over Ko Wen-je's jailing, with his wife blaming President Lai Ching-te for personal revenge — a claim most online readers rejected.

• An account believed to belong to Ko Wen-je's wife, Chen Pei-chi, said Lai jailed Ko out of spite for losing 3.69 million votes to him.
• The post was a reply to former president Chen Shui-bian's daughter, who had compared her ex-husband's grudge to "Ko Wen-je disliking Lai Ching-te."
• The post also claimed disliking Lai is "the consensus of 60% of Taiwanese," a line many readers mocked.
• Commenters pushed back hard, saying Ko was jailed for corruption, not politics, and told the family to stop deflecting.
• She has also said the family is broke, with Ko earning no salary as party chairman and his pension seized.

Outlook: The feud will keep running as long as Ko's corruption case stays in the headlines, with little sign public opinion is shifting his way.