Wu Kuang-hsun
Wu Kuang-hsun | |
|---|---|
吳光訓 | |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1 February 2005 – 31 January 2008 | |
| Constituency | Kaohsiung County |
| In office 1 February 1999 – 31 January 2002 | |
| Constituency | Kaohsiung County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 June 1950 Kaohsiung County, Taiwan |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Alma mater | Yung Ta Institute of Technology and Commerce I-Shou University |
| Occupation | politician |
Wu Kuang-hsun (Chinese: 吳光訓; born 17 June 1950) is a Taiwanese politician. A member of the Kuomintang, he represented Kaohsiung County in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2002 and again from 2005 to 2008.
Education
[edit]Wu earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Yung Ta Institute of Technology and Commerce and later earned a master's degree in business from I-Shou University.[1][2]
Political career
[edit]Wu was first elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1998, and served until 2002.[1] He ran for the Kaohsiung County magistracy in 2001 as the Kuomintang's formal candidate,[3] having run against fellow KMT member Huang Pa-yeh and People First Party candidate Chung Shao-ho.[4][5] Wu won a second legislative term in 2004, and lost reelection in 2008 to Chen Chi-yu.[6] In 2011, the Taiwan High Court found Wu guilty of buying votes during the 2004 election cycle, and sentenced him to two years and ten months imprisonment.[7] In June 2016, the Taiwan High Court ruled against Wu on charges of stock manipulation dating back to 2008. In the second case, Wu was sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Wu Kuang-hsun (4)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "Wu Kuang-hsun (6)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ Low, Stephanie (13 October 2001). "KMT kicks out seven, punishes four members". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ Low, Stephaine (17 August 2001). "Soong seeks to patch up the alliance". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ Low, Stephanie (29 September 2001). "James Soong throws support behind KMT candidate in Kaohsiung County". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "Legislative elections and referendums (2008)" (PDF). Taipei Times. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "Vote buyer gets jail time". Taipei Times. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ Pan, Jason (17 June 2017). "Former KMT legislator guilty of stock manipulation". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 June 2017.