Taiwan's opposition TPP is under fresh pressure after its former leader Ko Wen-je said he had no memory of a party official just convicted of election interference on Beijing's orders — bad for the party's credibility ahead of local elections.

• Hsu Chun-ying, a China-born former head of the TPP's new-immigrant committee, got seven years for meddling in elections at China's direction.
• Ko now says he has "no impression" of her, after flatly denying two years ago that they had ever met.
• Court records say she contacted Ko from early 2023, reported to Chinese officials about mobilising Chinese-spouse voters, and appeared at TPP events and his eve-of-election rally.
• Video also places her alongside Ko at a 2019 Taipei event for new immigrants, where both spoke and toured booths together.
• Critics call the memory lapses a pattern — Ko used the same answer about handwritten notes and files in the Core Pacific corruption case.

Outlook: Expect the convenient-amnesia line to be used against the TPP through the campaign, with more scrutiny of Chinese influence inside the party.