Wu Kuang-hsun explained

Wu Kuang-hsun
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Honorific-Suffix:MLY
Order:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Constituency:Kaohsiung County
Term Start:1 February 2005
Term End:31 January 2008
Constituency1:Kaohsiung County
Term Start1:1 February 1999
Term End1:31 January 2002
Birth Date:17 June 1950
Birth Place:Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
Party:Kuomintang
Nationality:Taiwanese
Alma Mater:Yung Ta Institute of Technology and Commerce
I-Shou University
Occupation:politician

Wu Kuang-hsun (; born 17 June 1950) is a Taiwanese politician. A member of the Kuomintang, he represented Kaohsiung County in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2002 and again from 2005 to 2008.

Education

Wu earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Yung Ta Institute of Technology and Commerce and later earned a master's degree in business from I-Shou University.[1] [2]

Political career

Wu was first elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1998, and served until 2002.[1] He ran for the Kaohsiung County magistracy in 2001 as the Kuomintang's formal candidate,[3] having run against fellow KMT member Huang Pa-yeh and People First Party candidate Chung Shao-ho.[4] [5] Wu won a second legislative term in 2004, and lost reelection in 2008 to Chen Chi-yu.[6] In 2011, the Taiwan High Court found Wu guilty of buying votes during the 2004 election cycle, and sentenced him to two years and ten months imprisonment.[7] In June 2016, the Taiwan High Court ruled against Wu on charges of stock manipulation dating back to 2008. In the second case, Wu was sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Wu Kuang-hsun (4). 16 June 2017. Legislative Yuan.
  2. News: Wu Kuang-hsun (6). 16 June 2017. Legislative Yuan.
  3. News: Low. Stephanie. KMT kicks out seven, punishes four members. 16 June 2017. Taipei Times. 13 October 2001.
  4. News: Low. Stephaine. Soong seeks to patch up the alliance. 16 June 2017. Taipei Times. 17 August 2001.
  5. News: Low. Stephanie. James Soong throws support behind KMT candidate in Kaohsiung County. 16 June 2017. Taipei Times. 29 September 2001.
  6. News: Legislative elections and referendums (2008). 16 June 2017. Taipei Times. 13 January 2008.
  7. News: Vote buyer gets jail time. 16 June 2017. Taipei Times. 2 June 2011.
  8. News: Pan. Jason. Former KMT legislator guilty of stock manipulation. 17 June 2017. Taipei Times. 17 June 2017.