Chen Sheng-hung
MLY
陳勝宏
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1999 – 31 January 2005
ConstituencyRepublic of China
Member of the Taipei City Council
In office
25 December 1977 – 25 December 1998
Personal details
Born (1944-06-05) 5 June 1944
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
SpouseHsueh Ling
Alma materFeng Chia University

Chen Sheng-hung (Chinese: 陳勝宏; pinyin: Chén Shènghóng; born 5 June 1944) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Chen graduated from Feng Chia University.[1][2]

Political career

Chen served on the Taipei City Council from 1977 to 1998.[1][2] In 1988, he found that seven fellow councillors and six other Taipei City Government employees had accepted bribes from Chiaofu Construction Corporation while the Ronghsing Park development project was ongoing.[3] Legal action resulting from the scandal continued until 2003.[4] David Chou and Chen Chun-yuan were the only former councilors convicted of bribery.[5] Chou subsequently resigned his seat on the Legislative Yuan.[6]

Chen Sheng-hung was placed on the Democratic Progressive Party's proportional representation ballot in 1998, and won election to the Legislative Yuan.[1] He was reelected via party list in 2001.[2] He was initially uninvolved with the factions of the DPP,[7] but later led his own political faction, known as the Green Alliance,[8][9] and later the Green Friendship Alliance.[10]

The DPP issued a disciplinary statement against Chen Sheng-hung and Chang Chun-hung in 2003, when Su Hui-chen accused both politicians of accepting bribes from her.[11] In 2004, Su accused Chen's wife Hsueh Ling of buying votes during the DPP primaries held before the 2004 legislative elections.[12][13] The same allegation against Chen and Hsueh resurfaced in 2006, in the midst of a party leadership contest.[9] The next year, the couple were charged with forgery and issuing fraudulent loans via Sunny Bank.[14][15][16] The Shilin District Prosecutors' Office sought nine years imprisonment and a NT$10 million fine each for Chen, Hsueh, and two others.[17] Both Chen and Hsueh were found not guilty in the first trial heard by the Shilin District Court. Upon appeal, the Taiwan High Court ruled in 2012 that Chen was to serve three years and two months in prison.[18] The High Court reduced Chen's prison sentence to thirty months in a ruling issued in April 2018.[19]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Chen Shen-hung (4)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Chen Shen-hung (5)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Convicted DPP legislator Chou Po-lun appeals corruption charges". Taipei Times. 8 September 1999. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Hsu, Crystal (30 January 2003). "Court turns down DPP lawmaker's request for appeal". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  5. ↑ Ko, Shu-ling (10 February 2003). "Jail sentence puts crimp in Chou's political career". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  6. ↑ Chuang, Jimmy (13 February 2003). "Chou must serve sentence". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  7. ↑ Chang, Yun-Ping (16 December 2002). "Positive message brought victory to political novice". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  8. ↑ Huang, Jewel (17 October 2005). "New DPP movement dies early death". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  9. 1 2 Huang, Jewel (12 January 2006). "DPP legislator asks for Lu's help amid vote-buying rumors". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  10. ↑ Lee, Hsin-fang (20 July 2014). "DPP expects tough meet". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  11. ↑ Chang, Yun-Ping (25 June 2003). "DPP chides members for misconduct". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  12. ↑ Chang, Yun-ping (25 May 2004). "Vote-buying taints DPP primaries". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  13. ↑ Chang, Yun-ping; Ko, Shu-ling (28 May 2004). "Zanadau's Su says Hsueh of Sunny Bank bought votes". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  14. ↑ Shih, Hsiu-chuan; Wang, Flora (20 March 2018). "DPP officials deny bank allegations". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  15. ↑ Chang, Rich; Wang, Flora (26 July 2007). "Sunny Bank loans scandal defendants let out on bail". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  16. ↑ Chung, Amber (26 July 2007). "No imminent liquidity problem, Sunny Bank says". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  17. ↑ "DPP legislator and 20 others indicted". Taipei Times. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  18. ↑ Chang, Rich (1 November 2012). "Legislator's husband gets jail sentence over forgery". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  19. ↑ Pan, Jason (2 April 2018). "Convictions of DPP member, in-law upheld in bank case". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
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