Chen Pei-chi

Because Ko posted the bail himself, the agency said the sum counts as his own liable property and can be enforced.

Ko's wife, Chen Pei-chi, protested on Facebook, calling the seizure banditry and insisting the money was hers, funds she says she earned and borrowed.

The agency said Chen may file a third-party objection lawsuit before enforcement concludes.

Ko was sentenced in March to seventeen years in prison in the Core Pacific City corruption case, with the bail kept in place while his appeal is heard.