Chao Cheng-yu explained

Chao Cheng-yu
Honorific-Suffix:MLY
Constituency1:Taoyuan 6
Term Start1:1 February 2016
Status1:Outgoing
Predecessor1:Sun Ta-chien
Successor1:Chiu Ruo-hua
Majority1:76,278 (46.53%)
Office2:Taoyuan City Councillor
Constituency2:Ward 3
Term Start2:25 December 2014
Term End2:31 January 2016
Spouse:Wu Shu-hui
Alma Mater:Ming Chuan University
Birth Date:1966 3, df=yes
Nationality:Republic of China
Party:Independent

Chao Cheng-yu (; born 29 March 1966) is a Taiwanese politician who is a member of the Legislative Yuan for Taoyuan 6.

Career

Chao served three terms as a Member of Taoyuan County Council as a member of Kuomintang.[1] He lost his primary in 2014 and subsequently became an independent. He ran for a seat in Ward 3, a five-member ward, for Taoyuan City Council and was elected with most votes.

He ran for a seat in the Legislative Yuan as an independent for Taoyuan 6 in the 2016 election with the endorsement of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).[2] Though Chao is an independent, he caucuses with the DPP.[3] [4]

As a legislator, Chao has been involved in discussions about the Ministry of Transportation and Communications,[5] general oversight of public transportation,[6] [7] [8] and the National Communications Commission.[9] [10]

Legal judgements

In 2020, Chao was implicated in collecting bribes of tens of millions of yuan from a pair of funeral businesses. The following investigation revealed that in 2018, after receiving a bribe, Chao pressured officials from the Construction and Planning Agency to rezone nearly 20,000 square meters of land in the Yangmingshan National Park. Investigators launched a search of the legislator's home to find NT$9.2 million in "bundles of cash". Investigators also photographed the Legislator's assistant Lin Chia-chi throwing a bag of money out of a car window that contained matching bills to the money found at Chao's home.[11] [12] [13] The Taipei District Court ruled in July 2022 that Chen had was guilty of tax evasion, sentenced him six months imprisonment or a fine, and ordered to pay NT$60,000.[14] [15]

Electoral record

Taoyuan city counciller, ward 3

ListCandidateSexPartyVotes%Elected
1Jhang Wun-yuF Independent7,0058.20%
2He Zheng-sunM Kuomintang6,5277.64%
3Lyu Shu-jhenF Kuomintang7,1178.33%
4Lyu Lin Siao-fengFDemocratic Progressive Party11,51813.48%
5Jhong Siao-yanM Independent9621.13%
6Liu Mao-cyunF Kuomintang8,0689.44%
7Wang Guo-dongM Kuomintang3,7604.40%
8Lai Wei-jheM Independent7680.90%
9Chao Cheng-yuM Independent12,47814.61%
10Cai Yong-fangMDemocratic Progressive Party12,22114.30%
11Zheng Yin-fuM Independent3,2233.77%
12Peng Shao-kangM New Party7660.90%
13Lin Yu-jyuanF Independent4,0914.79%
14Chen Song-fuM Independent6,9298.11%

2016 Legislative Yuan election

ListCandidatePartyVotes%Elected
1Zheng Jhen-yuanTaiwan future party2,7001.65%
2Chao Cheng-yu Independent76,27846.53%
3Lan Da-shanTaiwan Independence Party1,2720.78%
4Sun Ta-chienKuomintang75,51046.06%
5Yang Jin-syuan Independent8000.48%
6Lyun Dong-jie     Green-Social Democratic Union7,3744.50%

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Chao Cheng-yu (9). 29 May 2017. Legislative Yuan.
  2. News: Loa. Iok-sin. DPP approves list of candidates outside the party to support. 29 May 2017. Taipei Times. 10 December 2015.
  3. News: Lin. Liang-sheng. Ninth legislature to vote on speaker. 29 May 2017. Taipei Times. 1 February 2016.
  4. News: Hsu. Stacy. First non-KMT legislative speaker is Su. 29 May 2017. Taipei Times. 2 February 2016.
  5. News: Shan. Shelley. MOTC dismisses rumors of bureau 'tourist subsidy'. 29 May 2017. Taipei Times. 9 May 2017.
  6. News: Shan. Shelley. TRA to start trial run of 'real-name' ticket system. 29 May 2017. Taipei Times. 24 May 2016.
  7. News: Shan. Shelley. Drunk pilots could face criminal charges. 29 May 2017. Taipei Times. 13 April 2017.
  8. News: Shan. Shelley. No tailor-made legislation for Uber, minister says. 29 May 2017. Taipei Times. 15 November 2016.
  9. News: Shan. Shelley. NCC to meet with social networks on 'fake news'. 29 May 2017. Taipei Times. 17 March 2017.
  10. News: Shan. Shelley. Commission targets year-end ruling on MSPE case. 29 May 2017. Taipei Times. 30 September 2016.
  11. Web site: 【國會風暴】全都錄!趙正宇深夜移送 涉收殯葬業千萬賄款鐵證一袋 | 蘋果新聞網 | 蘋果日報. 31 July 2020.
  12. Web site: 【國會風暴】「車窗外丟進一袋錢」 趙正宇強辯投資款檢要提抗告 | 蘋果新聞網 | 蘋果日報. 4 August 2020.
  13. Web site: 【獨家/國會風暴】趙正宇涉貪2千萬 睡夢中遭搜索竟嗆檢調「敢動立委要有把握」 | 蘋果新聞網 | 蘋果日報. 3 August 2020.
  14. News: Pan . Jason . Lawmakers sentenced for graft . 7 July 2022 . Taipei Times . 7 July 2022.
  15. News: Lin . Chang-shun . Kuo . Chien-shen . Wang . Cheng-chung . Lee . Hsin-Yin . Four sitting, ex-lawmakers receive jail time for bribery in SOGO case . 7 July 2022 . Central News Agency . 6 July 2022.