Kuo Ting-tsai explained

Kuo Ting-tsai
Office1:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Term Start1:1 February 1993
Term End1:31 January 2002
Constituency1:Pingtung County
Birth Date:28 September 1936
Birth Place:Tōkō, Takao Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (today Donggang, Pingtung, Taiwan)
Nationality:Republic of China
Party:Kuomintang

Kuo Ting-tsai (; 28 September 1936 – 9 April 2015) was a Taiwanese politician.

He was born in Donggang, Pingtung, where he began his political career as mayor. He was later elected to four consecutive terms on the Pingtung County Council, including three as council speaker, and served on the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2002 as a representative of Pingtung County.[1] Kuo was charged with breach of trust, fraud and falsification of documentation in September 1999, as the Pingtung County Prosecutors' Office investigated Kuo for actions taken during his leadership of Tungkang Credit Cooperative from 1992 to 1999.[2] In November 2000, Kuo was sentenced to a prison term of twelve years.[3] He ran for reelection in 2001, but was unable to retain his legislative seat.[1] In February 2005, Kuo left for China, and was traced to Zhongshan in November 2010, when he was repatriated.[4]

Kuo died of cancer complications in April 2015, aged 78.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: zh. 台湾前"立委"郭廷才80岁病逝 结束传奇一生. 17 April 2017. NetEase. 15 April 2015.
  2. News: Legislator faces fraud charges. 17 April 2017. Taipei Times. 4 September 1999.
  3. News: Lin. Irene. KMT legislator gets 12 years for embezzling. 17 April 2017. Taipei Times. 19 November 2000.
  4. News: Chang. Rich. FEATURE: Cross-strait crime-fighting pact paying off: prosecutor. 17 April 2017. Taipei Times. 8 February 2011.