Lu Chia-chen explained

Lu Chia-chen
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Honorific-Suffix:MLY
Smallimage:執政黨國民黨立委盧嘉辰.jpg
Order:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Term Start:3 March 2008
Term End:31 January 2016
Successor:Wu Chi-ming
Constituency:New Taipei 10
Order1:Mayor of Tucheng
Term Start1:1 March 2002
Term End1:2 March 2008
Order2:Member of the Taipei County Council
Term Start2:1 March 1994
Term End2:28 February 2002
Order3:Member of the Taipei County Township and District Assembly
Term Start3:1 March 1987
Term End3:28 February 1994
Constituency3:Tucheng
Birth Date:1 January 1953
Birth Place:Taipei County, Taiwan
Party:Kuomintang
Nationality:Taiwanese
Alma Mater:Chung Hua University
Occupation:politician

Lu Chia-chen (; born 1 January 1953) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Lu earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Chung Hua University.[1]

Political career

Lu is a longtime ally of Wang Jin-pyng.[2] [3] Lu served on the township council as a representative of Tucheng District for two terms. He then was elected to the Taipei County Council, again for two terms. Lu returned to Tucheng as district leader, and ran for a seat on the Legislative Yuan near the end of his second term.[4] He was elected to the Legislative Yuan in January 2008, defeating Lee Wen-chung,[5] but did not take office at the start of the February legislative session. Because Lu held his Tucheng District post until March, the need for a local by-election was eliminated.[6] Lu was sworn in as a member of the Legislative Yuan on 3 March, after jogging from Tucheng to the Legislative Yuan in Taipei.[1] [7] He faced Chuang Suo-hang in the 2012 elections and won.[8] In April, he proposed that benefits for employees of state-run enterprise be reduced because some of the companies lost too much money to justify the benefits offered.[9] Lu lost his seat to Wu Chi-ming in 2016.[10]

Controversy

Throughout his legislative tenure, Lu has been known to make controversial comments. In October 2008 he said of lawmaker Chiu Yi-ying, "The only way to make Chiu happy is to find her a husband."[11] In March 2009, he opined that the health of Kaohsiung mayor Chen Chu had turned due to bad karma, as she had ordered city officials to remove a Chiang Kai-shek statue.[12]

In April 2013, Lu's district office in Tucheng was the site of an attempted bombing.[13] A suitcase containing an explosive was discovered in his office hours after a similar item was found in the Taiwan High Speed Rail Train 616.[14] The two suspects were tracked to China and repatriated days after the discovery of the bombs.[15] [16] The bomb maker asserted that the bombs would not have exploded,[17] but both suspects were indicted in June.[18] The New Taipei District Court ruled on the case in January 2014.[19] Upon appeal to the Supreme Court, both defendants' sentences were shortened.[20]

Notes and References

  1. News: Lu Chia-chen (7). 10 July 2017. Legislative Yuan.
  2. News: Hsiao. Alison. Wang indicates no presidential bid. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 16 May 2015.
  3. News: Hsiao. Alison. KMT legislators urge Chu to run for president. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 21 March 2015.
  4. News: Lu Chia-chen (8). 10 July 2017. Legislative Yuan.
  5. News: Legislative elections and referendums. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 13 January 2008.
  6. News: Wang. Flora. Chuang. Jimmy. Wang re-elected as legislative speaker. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 2 February 2008.
  7. News: Legislators report for duty. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 2 September 2011.
  8. News: Shan. Shelley. 2012 ELECTIONS: Pan-greens make gains in legislature. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 15 January 2012.
  9. News: Slash 'fat cat' benefits, legislator says. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 5 April 2012.
  10. News: Hsu. Stacy. Wang Jin-pyng no-show fans Chu conflict rumors. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 2 November 2015.
  11. News: Loa. Iok-sin. Citizen Congress Watch tells legislators to behave. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 29 March 2009.
  12. News: Wang. Flora. DPP lawmakers accuse legislative committee of bias. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 30 April 2009.
  13. News: Chung. Jake. Police release pair held over train bomb scare. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 16 April 2013.
  14. News: Security to be stepped up. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 16 April 2013.
  15. News: Mo. Yan-chih. Ma praises police for arrest of train bomb suspects. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 20 April 2013.
  16. News: Huang. Tun-yen. Chung. Jake. Bomb case suspect spills details of plan. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 19 April 2013.
  17. News: No harm meant: suitcase 'bomb' suspect. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 18 April 2013.
  18. News: Chung. Jake. Pair indicted over failed bombings. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 7 June 2013.
  19. News: Chang. Rich. Failed 'bombers' get long sentences. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 23 January 2014.
  20. News: Sentences upheld over bomb plot. 10 July 2017. Taipei Times. 28 January 2016.