I will not yield: Taiwan convulsed by 17-year prison sentence for populist opposition figure

The opposition Taiwan Peoples party stands by founder Ko Wen-je despite sentence, alleging prosecutors were pressured by ruling DPP partyOpposition figure Ko Wen-je put on a defiant display in front of tens of thousands of supporters outside Taiwans Presidential Office, two days after being handed a 17-year prison sentence on corruption charges.I will not yield! I will not surrender! Ko shouted on Sunday in Taipei, as he turned towards the grand, red-brick Japanese colonial-era building in order...