Kuang Li-chen explained

Kuang Li-chen
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Nationality:Taiwanese
Office:Magistrate of Taitung County
Term Start:17 April 2006
Term End:20 December 2009
Successor:Justin Huang
Birth Date:12 March 1963
Birth Place:Taipei, Taiwan
Party:Independent
Spouse:Wu Chun-li

Kuang Li-chen (; born 12 March 1963) is a Taiwanese politician.

She was married to Wu Chun-li, who was elected to the Taitung County magistracy in 2005. Wu was suspended immediately after inauguration on charges of corruption and subsequently divorced Kuang so she could run for his post in her own right, as Taiwanese law forbid the appointment of spouses or other relatives as a magisterial deputy. Kuang joined the Kuomintang and won the Taitung magisterial by-election in April 2006, over three independent candidates.[1] During her term, broadband internet access was installed throughout Taitung County.[2] During the transitional justice referendum of 2008, she was a proponent of two-step voting, in which voters mark one ballot for political candidates before receiving a separate ballot for referendum questions.[3]

Kuang presided over the eighth Festival of Austronesian Culture and the Taitung portion of the 2007 Wan-an exercise, an annual air-raid drill.[4] [5] She became well-known for promoting tourism to Taitung County.[6] [7] Kuang was often abroad, and, when Typhoon Fung-wong hit Taiwan in July 2008, she was criticized for remaining in Italy on junket.[8] [9] Shortly after an investigation into her travels led by the Kuomintang's Evaluation and Discipline Committee began in August 2008,[10] [11] Kuang met with the Taitung County Prosecutors' Office for questioning.[12] It was found that Kuang spent over NT$10 million on eight junkets abroad since taking office as magistrate.[13] The Kuomintang suspended her party membership in August 2008.[14] [15] The Taitung Prosecutors' Office continued investigating Kuang into January 2009.[16] Later that month, the Control Yuan impeached her,[17] after choosing not to do so in December 2008.[18]

Throughout 2009, Kuang ranked low in performance polls run by the China Times and Global Views.[19] [20] Despite losing a KMT primary to Justin Huang in May 2009,[21] [22] she was expected to campaign for a full term in that year's magisterial elections.[23] [24] [25] [26] In October, a month after the Taitung District Prosecutors Office stated that Kuang would not be indicted on corruption charges,[27] she announced that she would support Huang's magisterial candidacy.[28] [29] Speculation that the Kuomintang had offered to nominate Kuang or Wu Chun-li to contest Huang's vacant legislative seat if Kuang withdrew from the magisterial election soon arose.[30] [31] [32] The Kuomintang chose to run polls that would decide the nomination.[33] Kuang registered for the election before poll results were revealed, managing to win the Kuomintang's support because her opponent was deemed ineligible to contest the nomination.[34] [35] Kuang faced Democratic Progressive Party member Lai Kun-cheng in the legislative election,[36] [37] and lost.[38] [39] The Central Election Commission released a list of candidates contesting the Taitung magistracy on 31 August 2018, which included Kuang.[40] After the Kuomintang expelled her on 28 September, Kuang chose to remain in the race as an independent candidate.[41]

2018 Taitung County mayoral results
width=35No.width=150Candidatewidth=120Partywidth=75Voteswidth=75Percentagewidth=49
1 Kuang Li-chen Independent3,0492.55%
2 Liu Chao-hao (劉櫂豪)Democratic Progressive Party44,26437.04%
3 Huang Yu-pin (黃裕斌) Independent6400.54%
4 Peng Chuan-kuo (彭權國) Independent9880.83%
5 Rao Ching-ling Kuomintang70,57759.05%
Total voters 179,706
Valid votes 119,518
Invalid votes
Voter turnout 66.51%

Notes and References

  1. News: Chang. Rich. Corrupt commissioner's ex-wife wins Taitung vote. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 2 April 2006.
  2. News: Taiwan leads in broadband access, NCC chairman says. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 24 December 2007.
  3. News: Loa. Iok-sin. Mo. Yan-chih. Shih. Hsiu-chuan. Wang. Flora. CEC moves to fire local election chiefs. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 27 December 2007.
  4. News: Festival to start in Taitung. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 15 July 2007.
  5. News: Wan-an Exercise in Taitung. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 21 April 2007.
  6. News: Loa. Iok-sin. Taitung County offers discounts to visit 'paradise'. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 27 June 2008.
  7. News: Taitung-Japan flights set. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 22 March 2008.
  8. News: Shan. Shelley. Lu. Meggie. Fung-wong hits the nation, killing two. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 29 July 2008.
  9. News: Chang. Rich. DPP pans Taitung County head over trips made abroad. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 31 July 2008.
  10. News: Hsiang. Cheng-chen. Liu. Jung. Former DPP Taipei City councilor gets six-year sentence. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 2 August 2008.
  11. News: Chang. Rich. Kuang forged overseas trip reports, DPP says. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 3 August 2008.
  12. News: Chuang. Jimmy. Wang. Flora. Kuang quizzed by prosecutors. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 6 August 2008.
  13. News: Mo. Yan-chih. ANALYSIS: Government must tackle excessive spending: analysts. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 7 August 2008.
  14. News: Mo. Yan-chih. Kuang suspended by KMT body. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 7 August 2008.
  15. News: Mo. Yan-chih. Wu promises to protect KMT's image. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 8 August 2008.
  16. News: Kuang under investigation. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 11 January 2009.
  17. News: Shih. Hsiu-chuan. Control Yuan impeaches Huang, Chiou. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 15 January 2009.
  18. News: Shih. Hsiu-chuan. Control Yuan defends decision. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 1 January 2009.
  19. News: Mo. Yan-chih. DPP councilors take Hau to task over low approval. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 10 April 2009.
  20. News: Mo. Yan-chih. Hsinchu tops poll on local chiefs by 'Global Views'. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 27 May 2009.
  21. News: Mo. Yan-chih. Taitung County commissioner loses in KMT primary. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 11 May 2009.
  22. News: Ko. Shu-ling. Ma casts doubt on existence of WHO memo. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 12 May 2009.
  23. News: Hsu. Jenny W.. Mo. Yan-chih. DPP rift over Tainan poll grows. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 3 April 2009.
  24. News: KMT gives nod to Huang. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 14 May 2009.
  25. News: Mo. Yan-chih. KMT to hold primary for Hualien County poll. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 2 August 2009.
  26. News: Mo. Yan-chih. KMT scrambles to handle splits in coming polls. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 4 October 2009.
  27. News: Wang. Hsiu-ting. Chang. Tsun-wei. Taitung's Kuang will not be indicted for corruption. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 13 September 2009.
  28. News: Mo. Yan-chih. Fu files for Hualien County race. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 10 October 2009.
  29. News: Fifty-four hopefuls register for elections. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 11 October 2009.
  30. News: Wang. Flora. Mo. Yan-chih. Another legislator resigns for poll race. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 16 October 2009.
  31. News: DPP threatens to sue. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 17 October 2009.
  32. News: Mo. Yan-chih. ANALYSIS: Cleaning up the KMT's illicit assets is no easy task. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 19 October 2009.
  33. News: KMT to hold candidate polls. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 31 October 2009.
  34. News: Hsu. Jenny W.. Kuang registers for Taitung race. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 3 November 2009.
  35. News: Ko. Shu-ling. KMT picks Kuang for Taitung race. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 11 November 2009.
  36. News: Ko. Shu-ling. Prediction market forecasts wins for DPP next month. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 31 December 2009.
  37. News: Hsu. Jenny W.. DPP urges KMT to play fair in Saturday's polls. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 5 January 2010.
  38. News: Loa. Iok-sin. Hsu. Jenny W.. Mo. Yan-chih. DPP wins all three seats in by-elections. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 10 January 2010.
  39. News: Mo. Yan-chih. ANALYSIS: Ma faces tough challenge after KMT losses, experts say. 13 March 2018. Taipei Times. 12 January 2010.
  40. News: Huang . Ming-tang . Taitung candidate says surprise opponent DPP 'ploy' . 2 September 2018 . Taipei Times . 2 September 2018.
  41. News: Hsu . Stacy . KMT expels four members running as independents . 7 October 2018 . Taipei Times . 29 September 2018.

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