Wu Kuang-hsun

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu (吳).
Wu Kuang-hsun
MLY
吳光訓
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2005 – 31 January 2008
ConstituencyKaohsiung County
In office
1 February 1999 – 31 January 2002
ConstituencyKaohsiung County
Personal details
Born (1950-06-17) 17 June 1950 (age 74)
Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
Political partyKuomintang
Alma materYung Ta Institute of Technology and Commerce
I-Shou University
Occupationpolitician

Wu Kuang-hsun (Chinese: 吳光訓; 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]

References

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