Lu Chia-chen

Lu Chia-chen
MLY
盧嘉辰
Lu in July 2015
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
3 March 2008 – 31 January 2016
Succeeded byWu Chi-ming
ConstituencyNew Taipei 10
Mayor of Tucheng
In office
1 March 2002 – 2 March 2008
Member of the Taipei County Council
In office
1 March 1994 – 28 February 2002
Member of the Taipei County Township and District Assembly
In office
1 March 1987 – 28 February 1994
ConstituencyTucheng
Personal details
Born (1953-01-01) 1 January 1953 (age 71)
Taipei County, Taiwan
Political partyKuomintang
Alma materChung Hua University
Occupationpolitician

Lu Chia-chen (Chinese: 盧嘉辰; pinyin: Lú Jiāchén; born 1 January 1953) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Lu earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Chung Hua University.[1]

Political career

Lu is a longtime ally of Wang Jin-pyng.[2][3] Lu served on the township council as a representative of Tucheng District for two terms. He then was elected to the Taipei County Council, again for two terms. Lu returned to Tucheng as district leader, and ran for a seat on the Legislative Yuan near the end of his second term.[4] He was elected to the Legislative Yuan in January 2008, defeating Lee Wen-chung,[5] but did not take office at the start of the February legislative session. Because Lu held his Tucheng District post until March, the need for a local by-election was eliminated.[6] Lu was sworn in as a member of the Legislative Yuan on 3 March, after jogging from Tucheng to the Legislative Yuan in Taipei.[1][7] He faced Chuang Suo-hang in the 2012 elections and won.[8] In April, he proposed that benefits for employees of state-run enterprise be reduced because some of the companies lost too much money to justify the benefits offered.[9] Lu lost his seat to Wu Chi-ming in 2016.[10]

Controversy

Throughout his legislative tenure, Lu has been known to make controversial comments. In October 2008 he said of lawmaker Chiu Yi-ying, "The only way to make Chiu happy is to find her a husband."[11] In March 2009, he opined that the health of Kaohsiung mayor Chen Chu had turned due to bad karma, as she had ordered city officials to remove a Chiang Kai-shek statue.[12]

In April 2013, Lu's district office in Tucheng was the site of an attempted bombing.[13] A suitcase containing an explosive was discovered in his office hours after a similar item was found in the Taiwan High Speed Rail Train 616.[14] The two suspects were tracked to China and repatriated days after the discovery of the bombs.[15][16] The bomb maker asserted that the bombs would not have exploded,[17] but both suspects were indicted in June.[18] The New Taipei District Court ruled on the case in January 2014.[19] Upon appeal to the Supreme Court, both defendants' sentences were shortened.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lu Chia-chen (7)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. ^ Hsiao, Alison (16 May 2015). "Wang indicates no presidential bid". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  3. ^ Hsiao, Alison (21 March 2015). "KMT legislators urge Chu to run for president". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Lu Chia-chen (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Legislative elections and referendums" (PDF). Taipei Times. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  6. ^ Wang, Flora; Chuang, Jimmy (2 February 2008). "Wang re-elected as legislative speaker". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Legislators report for duty". Taipei Times. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  8. ^ Shan, Shelley (15 January 2012). "2012 ELECTIONS: Pan-greens make gains in legislature". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Slash 'fat cat' benefits, legislator says". Taipei Times. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  10. ^ Hsu, Stacy (2 November 2015). "Wang Jin-pyng no-show fans Chu conflict rumors". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  11. ^ Loa, Iok-sin (29 March 2009). "Citizen Congress Watch tells legislators to behave". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  12. ^ Wang, Flora (30 April 2009). "DPP lawmakers accuse legislative committee of bias". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  13. ^ Chung, Jake (16 April 2013). "Police release pair held over train bomb scare". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Security to be stepped up". Taipei Times. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  15. ^ Mo, Yan-chih (20 April 2013). "Ma praises police for arrest of train bomb suspects". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  16. ^ Huang, Tun-yen; Chung, Jake (19 April 2013). "Bomb case suspect spills details of plan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  17. ^ "No harm meant: suitcase 'bomb' suspect". Taipei Times. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  18. ^ Chung, Jake (7 June 2013). "Pair indicted over failed bombings". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  19. ^ Chang, Rich (23 January 2014). "Failed 'bombers' get long sentences". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  20. ^ "Sentences upheld over bomb plot". Taipei Times. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
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