Chang Tsai Mei Explained

Chang Tsai Mei (; born 1938) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Chang Tsai earned a master's degree in business administration from the City University of Seattle.[1] [2]

Political career

Chang Tsai was a member of the Kuomintang and was active in the party's women's association.[3] Chang Tsai served on the Hsinchu County Council and the Hsinchu City Council before her 1994 election to the Taiwan Provincial Assembly.[1] [4] She then represented the Hsinchu City Constituency for two terms in the Legislative Yuan on behalf of the Kuomintang, winning consecutive legislative elections in 1998[5] [6] and 2001.[7] [8]

In 2003, during her second term on the Legislative Yuan, Chang Tsai discussed electronic waste originating from compact discs.[9] Later that year, the Association Monitoring the Nomination of Grand Justices placed her on a list of worst-performing legislators.[10] After losing a July 2004 party primary to Ko Chun-hsiung, Chang Tsai left the Kuomintang, joined the Alliance of Independent Lawmakers, and lost the subsequent general election to Ko.[11]

Controversy

Chang Tsai and seven others were indicted on charges of bribery in 2008. The charges stemmed from her 2003 endorsement of the Oral Healthcare Act.[12] The Taiwan High Court's first ruling in October 2010 declared that the eight were not guilty. The verdict was overruled in another decision by the same court, issued in September 2011.[13] An appeal heard by the Supreme Court resulted in a 2016 decision in which Chang Tsai was one of six defendants found not guilty.[14]

Notes and References

  1. News: Chang Tsai Mei (5) . 5 September 2020.
  2. News: Chang Tsai Mei (4) . 5 September 2020 . Legislative Yuan. Note: This webpage profiling Chang Tsai Mei's service within the 4th Legislative Yuan is properly titled with her name and lists her constituency and education correctly. However, the heading titled 'experience' conflates her with Hsu Tain-tsair.
  3. News: Singles event planned . 5 September 2020 . Taipei Times . 18 November 2003.
  4. News: 1994-83年臺灣省議員選舉 > 區域 . 5 September 2020 . Central Election Commission . zh.
  5. News: [1998 Legislative Yuan election] ]. Legislative Yuan . zh.
  6. News: 第 04 屆立法委員選舉（區域） 候選人得票數 . Central Election Commission . zh.
  7. News: 2001-第 05 屆立法委員選舉 > 區域 . 5 September 2020 . Central Election Commission . zh.
  8. News: 2001-第 05 屆立法委員選舉 > 區域 . 5 September 2020 . Central Election Commission.
  9. News: Chiu . Yu-Tzu . Taiwan to recycle discarded CDs by middle next year . 5 September 2020 . Taipei Times . 4 December 2003.
  10. News: Lu . Fiona . Legal experts relieved nominations confirmed . 5 September 2020 . Taipei Times . 17 September 2003.
  11. News: Huang . Tai-lin . 'War hero' takes aim at politics . 5 September 2020 . Taipei Times . 25 July 2004.
  12. News: Chang . Rich . Lawmakers charged in dental association case . 5 September 2020 . Taipei Times . 29 January 2008.
  13. News: Chang . Rich . Wang . Chris . DPP lawmaker Tsai, others sentenced . 5 September 2020 . Taipei Times . 28 September 2011.
  14. News: 'Not guilty' verdict upheld in dental law lobbying case . 5 September 2020 . Taipei Times . 5 March 2016.

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