Chen Chao-jung (politician)

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Chen Chao-jung (politician) - Wikipedia

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Chen Chao-jung MLY
陳朝容

Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2005 – 31 January 2008
Constituency	Changhua County
In office 1 February 1993 – 31 January 2002
Constituency	Changhua County
Member of the Changhua County Council
In office 1 March 1982 – 1 March 1990

Personal details
Born	(1956-02-25) 25 February 1956 (age 68)
Nationality	Taiwanese
Political party	People First Party (2000–06; 2015–present)
Other political affiliations	Kuomintang (until 2000; 2006–?)
Alma mater	Taichung School of Commerce
Occupation	politician

Chen Chao-jung (Chinese: 陳朝容; born 25 February 1956) is a Taiwanese politician. He served on the Changhua County Council from 1982 to 1990, and four terms on the Legislative Yuan, first from 1993 to 2002, and again between 2005 and 2008.

Education

Chen attended Pu-yen Elementary and Middle School, graduating from the Affiliated Industrial Vocational High School of National Changhua University of Education. He then earned a degree from the Taichung School of Commerce.^[1]

Political career

As a member of the Kuomintang, Chen served on the Changhua County Council from 1982 to 1990.^[2] He was elected to two terms on the Legislative Yuan, before switching to the People First Party in 2000. Soon after joining the party, Chen was named the chief executive of the PFP legislative caucus.^[3] Chen and other Pan-Blue Coalition figures accused president Chen Shui-bian of having an affair with Hsiao Bi-khim in 2000.^[4]^[5] As a result, Chen Chao-jung was subsequently suspended.^[6] He criticized Taiwan's police force for failing to keep pornography out of the hands of minors in June 2000, and drew attention to increasing rates of identity theft in August, stating that perpetrators were using the stolen information to register for cell phones.^[7]^[8] He was active in reporting electoral fraud and white-collar crimes, charges which involved the former aide of legislator Tsai Ling-lan and the 2001 legislative campaign of Charles Chiang.^[9]^[10] Tuan Yi-kang accused an unnamed legislator of selling pirate media in 2001, and, in response Chen sued him for slander.^[11] Chen returned to the legislature in 2005, and rejoined the Kuomintang the next year.^[12] During that year's Double Ten Day festivities, Chen participated in a protest calling for the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian.^[13]^[14] In January 2007, Chen Chao-jung and Chen Hsien-chung were involved in a physical altercation on the floor of the Legislative Yuan during a meeting of the Organic Laws and Statutes Committee.^[15] In 2016, Chen represented the People First Party in Changhua County's 3rd legislative district.^[16]^[17]

References

^ "Chen Chao-jung (3)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^ "Chen Chao-jung (4)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^ Low, Stephanie (29 July 2000). "Chang vows better links to legislature". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^ Lin, Chieh-yu (16 November 2000). "DPP lashes out at Chen affair rumors". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^ Lin, Mei-chun (15 November 2000). "Rumors of Chen affair stir lawmakers". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^ Wu, Debby (21 February 2004). "DPP refuses to apologize over wife-beating claims". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^ Low, Stephanie (9 June 2000). "Sales of porn to children remains a pressing problem". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^ Low, Stephanie (20 August 2000). "Pirated IDs used to apply for mobile phone numbers". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^ Chu, Monique (20 August 2000). "Legislative aides -- uncontrolled, unsupervised and on the make". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^ Jou, Ying-cheng (31 March 2001). "Court indicts the chairman of First Commercial Bank". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^ Ko, Shu-ling (1 September 2001). "Legislator files a slander suit over allegations that he peddles porn". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^ Mo, Yan-chih (5 July 2006). "KMT confirms it rejected application from PFP's Shen". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^ "Protests, violence mar national day". Taipei Times. 11 October 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^ Chang, Rich (21 October 2006). "Four questioned over Double Ten". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^ Shih, Hsiu-chuan (12 January 2007). "Lawmakers bloody and bruised after budget brawl". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^ Shih, Hsiao-kuang; Chen, Yan-ting (13 July 2015). "PFP 'challenges' KMT with nominations". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^ Chen, Yan-ting (22 June 2015). "PFP eyes legislative election glory". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

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