Tu Wen-ching

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

Tu Wen-ching
杜文卿
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1999 – 31 January 2008
Succeeded byLee Yi-ting
ConstituencyMiaoli County
Personal details
Born (1954-10-30) 30 October 1954
Yuanli, Miaoli County, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party

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 Railways 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 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 Constituency 1 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 25 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016. Alt URL
  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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