Tu Wen-ching

Tu Wen-ching
杜文卿
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1999 – 31 January 2008
Succeeded by Lee Yi-ting
Constituency Miaoli County
Personal details
Born (1954-10-30) 30 October 1954
Yuanli, Miaoli, Taiwan
Nationality  Republic of China
Political party Democratic Progressive Party

Tu Wen-ching (Chinese: 杜文卿; born 30 October 1954) is a Taiwanese politician.

Political career

Tu is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party, and has served on the party's Central Review Committee and Central Evaluation Committee.[1][2]

He was elected to the Legislative Yuan for the first time in 1998, and reelected twice in 2001 and 2004.[3] In 2002, he and other DPP legislators accused Vincent Siew of fraud.[4][5] In 2005, Tu called for the resignation of Economics Minister Ho Mei-yueh, whom he accused of not working enough to solve the flooding that had plagued Miaoli County.[6][7] The next year, Tu gained media attention for berating a customs official who confiscated twenty cartons of cigarettes from him after Tu had returned from an overseas trip.[8][9] Later that year, he was involved in a verbal altercation during Double Ten Day celebrations.[10] In 2007, the Kuomintang accused Tu of improperly profiting off land he had rented from the Taiwan Railway Administration to use as his campaign office.[11] In 2008, the KMT called for an investigation targeting Tu and eleven other politicians, including Liu Shen-liang, Wang Tuoh, and Lo Fu-chu for accepting donations from Wang You-theng.[12] Tu was listed as a controversial candidate by the Taiwan Competitiveness Forum prior to his 2008 campaign,[13] and lost his seat in the legislature in that election cycle to Lee Yi-ting.[14] He was elected the director of the Democratic Progressive Party's Miaoli County branch in May 2008.[15] He put his name forward for the 14 March 2009 by-election called after the annulment of Lee Yi-ting's electoral victory, and lost to Kang Shih-ju.[16] Tu ran as an independent in the local elections of of 2009, and became the mayor of Yuanli, Miaoli.[17] During his mayoralty, the township discussed the construction of wind turbines in the area, and dealt with an instance of graffiti.[18][19] He made another legislative run for Miaoli County's first district in 2016, and lost to Chen Chao-ming.[20][21]

References

  1. ↑ Lu, Fiona (12 December 2003). "DPP may pardon former members". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Ko, Shu-ling (1 December 2006). "DPP strips first lady and top Chen aides of their party rights". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Huang, Tai-lin (7 December 2004). "Chen stands by name change". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Low, Stephanie (24 May 2002). "DPP legislators hit KMT vice chairman with fraud charges". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "DPP lawmakers attack Siew over CTCI assets case". China Post. 24 May 2002. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Ko, Shu-ling (11 August 2005). "DPP lawmaker wants heads to roll". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Lawmaker slams Ho". Taipei Times. 6 September 2005. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Shih, Hsiu-chuan (18 March 2006). "CKS cigarette seizure leaves lawmaker smokin' mad". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "DPP lawmaker apologizes for revenge on customs officer". China Post. 18 March 2006. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Protests, violence mar national day". Taipei Times. 11 October 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  11. ↑ Wang, Flora; Chuang, Jimmy (6 December 2007). "KMT says DPP lawmaker tried to misuse land". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  12. ↑ Wang, Flora (29 March 2008). "KMT caucus urges probe into payment allegations". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  13. ↑ Wang, Flora (3 January 2008). "Think tank survey lists 'unqualified' election candidates". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  14. ↑ Ko, Shu-ling (5 January 2009). "KMT taps wife of unseated legislator to run in Miaoli". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  15. ↑ Loa, Iok-sin (19 May 2008). "Tsai wins race for DPP chairmanship". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "Miaoli legislative by-election slated for March 14". China Post and Taipei Times. Central News Agency. 20 December 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  17. ↑ Loa, Iok-sin (7 December 2009). "2009 ELECTIONS: DPP makes significant progress in local elections". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  18. ↑ Chen, Ketty; Cole, J. Michael (17 June 2013). "Wind turbine troubles". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  19. ↑ Chang, Teng-hsun; Chung, Jake (16 November 2014). "Heartbreak graffiti on slide arouses mixed emotions". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  20. ↑ Gerber, Abraham (11 September 2015). "MKT announces partial slate for legislative polls". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  21. ↑ Chao, Stephanie (21 May 2015). "KMT amendments hijack Taiwan's future: Tsai". China Post. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
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