Wang Chih-hsiung | |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Birth Date: | 24 June 1952 |
Birth Place: | Kaohsiung County, Taiwan |
Nationality: | Taiwanese |
Party: | Kuomintang |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
Term Start: | 1 February 1990 |
Term End: | 31 January 1993 |
Constituency: | Kaohsiung City 1 |
Term Start1: | 1 February 1996 |
Term End1: | 31 January 1999 |
Constituency1: | Kaohsiung City 2 |
Office3: | Kaohsiung City Councilor |
Term Start3: | 1 February 1999 |
Term End3: | 31 January 2002 |
Relatives: | Wang Yu-yun (father) Wang Shih-hsiung (brother) |
Wang Chih-hsiung (; born 24 June 1952) is a Taiwanese banker and politician. Wang is a member of the Kuomintang who served on the Legislative Yuan from 1990 to 1993 and 1996 to 1999, and the Kaohsiung City Council between 1999 and 2002.
Wang Chih-hsiung's father Wang Yu-yun and younger brother Wang Shih-hsiung were also Kuomintang-affiliated politicians. The Wang brothers were elected to the Legislative Yuan together in 1989, with Wang Chih-hsiung representing Kaohsiung City's second district, and Wang Shih-hsiung representing the occupational constituency of fishing and aquaculture. Wang Chih-hsiung was elected to a non-consecutive term in the Legislative Yuan in 1995 for Kaohsiung City's first district.[1] Wang Chih-hsiung subsequently ran in the December 1998 Taiwanese local elections, and was elected to the Kaohsiung City Council, serving from 1999 to 2002.
Wang Chih-hsiung was vice chairman and member of the board for the Chung Shing Bank led by his father.[2] [3] Wang Chih-hsiung continued serving in financial leadership positions throughout his tenure as a city councilor.[2] In 2004, Wang Chih-hsiung was subpoenaed repeatedly as part of legal proceedings and investigations into a credit loan case, but did not report to court. The case continued to trial in 2005, and Wang was placed on a wanted list.[4] Wang fled Taiwan in 2007,[3] [5] and was arrested in China in 2012. The Taiwanese Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau repatriated him in October 2012.[6] [7] Wang was formally indicted by Taipei-based prosecutors in December 2012.[8] The Taipei District Court ruled that Wang Chih-hsiung was not guilty in September 2013.[9]