Wang Shu-hui explained

Wang Shu-hui
Nationality:Taiwan
Office1:New Taipei City Councillor
Term Start1:25 December 2010
Term End1:25 December 2022
Constituency1:New Taipei IV
Office2:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Term Start2:1 February 2002
Term End2:31 January 2008
Successor2:Lin Hung-chih
Constituency2:Taipei County VI
Office3:Taipei County Councillor
Term Start3:1 March 1990
Term End3:31 January 2002
Constituency3:Banqiao District
Birth Date:2 December 1955
Birth Place:Taipei, Taiwan
Party:DPP
Alma Mater:Fu Jen Catholic University
National Taiwan University
Illinois State University
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Linguist
Political scientist

Wang Shu-hui (; born 2 December 1955) is a former legislator for the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan.

Wang Shu-hui has on occasion participated in physical confrontations during her time as a Taiwanese legislator, including one incident involving a thrown shoe.[1] In 2006, Wang shoved a transportation proposal on opening links with mainland China in her own mouth to prevent it being voted upon. She later spat the proposal out and tore it up.[2] [3]

She was defeated by Lin Hung-chih of the Kuomintang for Taipei County constituency 6 in the 2008 legislative election.

Wang subsequently won election to the New Taipei City Council in 2010, 2014, and 2018. In January 2022, during her third term as city councilor, the New Taipei City District Court sentenced Wang to nine years imprisonment for fraud that had taken place during her first term in office. Wang was found to have listed relatives as members of her staff, then collected the wages and subsides set aside for them.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://mentalfloss.com/article/31125/7-political-disagreements-settled-fists-and-hair-pulling 7 Political Disagreements Settled With Fists and Hair-Pulling
  2. http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/mp-chews-over-issue/2006/05/31/1148956388932.html MPs' behaviour hard to stomach
  3. News: 2017-07-18 . Taiwan's brawling in parliament is a political way of life . 2024-04-19 . en-GB.
  4. News: Huang . Hsu-sheng . Yen . William . New Taipei DPP councilor sentenced to 9 years for wage fraud . 4 February 2022 . Central News Agency . 13 January 2022. Republished as: News: New Taipei councilor gets nine years for fraud . 4 February 2022 . Taipei Times . 15 January 2022.