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Chao Cheng-yu

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Chao Cheng-yu
MLY
趙正宇
Official portrait, 2016
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Outgoing
Assumed office
1 February 2016
Preceded bySun Ta-chien
Succeeded byChiu Ruo-hua
ConstituencyTaoyuan 6
Majority76,278 (46.53%)
Taoyuan City Councillor
In office
25 December 2014 – 31 January 2016
ConstituencyWard 3
Personal details
Born (1966-03-29) 29 March 1966 (age 58)
Bade, Taoyuan, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyIndependent (since 2015)
Other political
affiliations		Kuomintang (1983–2014)
SpouseWu Shu-hui
Alma materMing Chuan University

Chao Cheng-yu (Chinese: 趙正宇; pinyin: Zháo Zhèngyǔ; born 29 March 1966) is a Taiwanese politician who is a member of the Legislative Yuan for Taoyuan 6.

Career

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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]

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In 2020, Chao was implicated in collecting bribes of tens of millions of yuan from a pair of funeral businesses.[11][12][13] 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.[11][12][13] Investigators launched a search of the legislator's home to find NT$9.2 million in "bundles of cash".[11][12][13] 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

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Taoyuan city counciller, ward 3

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  • Five seats up for election, 1 reserved for female candidate
  • Eligible voters: 136,105
  • Turnout (percentage): 87,424 (64.23%)
  • Valid votes (percentage): 85,433 (97.72%)
  • Rejected votes (percentage): 1,991 (2.28%)
List Candidate Sex Party Votes % Elected
1 Jhang Wun-yu F  Independent 7,005 8.20%
2 He Zheng-sun M  Kuomintang 6,527 7.64%
3 Lyu Shu-jhen F  Kuomintang 7,117 8.33%
4 Lyu Lin Siao-feng F Democratic Progressive Party 11,518 13.48%
5 Jhong Siao-yan M  Independent 962 1.13%
6 Liu Mao-cyun F  Kuomintang 8,068 9.44%
7 Wang Guo-dong M  Kuomintang 3,760 4.40%
8 Lai Wei-jhe M  Independent 768 0.90%
9 Chao Cheng-yu M  Independent 12,478 14.61%
10 Cai Yong-fang M Democratic Progressive Party 12,221 14.30%
11 Zheng Yin-fu M  Independent 3,223 3.77%
12 Peng Shao-kang M  New Party 766 0.90%
13 Lin Yu-jyuan F  Independent 4,091 4.79%
14 Chen Song-fu M  Independent 6,929 8.11%

2016 Legislative Yuan election

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  • Eligible voters: 248,233
  • Turnout (percentage): 167,257 (67.38%)
  • Valid votes (percentage): 163,934 (98.01%)
  • Rejected votes (percentage): 3,323 (1.99%)
  • Incumbent is in bold
List Candidate Party Votes % Elected
1 Zheng Jhen-yuan Taiwan future party 2,700 1.65%
2 Chao Cheng-yu  Independent 76,278 46.53%
3 Lan Da-shan Taiwan Independence Party 1,272 0.78%
4 Sun Ta-chien Kuomintang 75,510 46.06%
5 Yang Jin-syuan  Independent 800 0.48%
6 Lyun Dong-jie      Green-Social Democratic Union 7,374 4.50%

References

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  1. ^ "Chao Cheng-yu (9)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  2. ^ Loa, Iok-sin (10 December 2015). "DPP approves list of candidates outside the party to support". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  3. ^ Lin, Liang-sheng (1 February 2016). "Ninth legislature to vote on speaker". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  4. ^ Hsu, Stacy (2 February 2016). "First non-KMT legislative speaker is Su". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  5. ^ Shan, Shelley (9 May 2017). "MOTC dismisses rumors of bureau 'tourist subsidy'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  6. ^ Shan, Shelley (24 May 2016). "TRA to start trial run of 'real-name' ticket system". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  7. ^ Shan, Shelley (13 April 2017). "Drunk pilots could face criminal charges". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  8. ^ Shan, Shelley (15 November 2016). "No tailor-made legislation for Uber, minister says". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  9. ^ Shan, Shelley (17 March 2017). "NCC to meet with social networks on 'fake news'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  10. ^ Shan, Shelley (30 September 2016). "Commission targets year-end ruling on MSPE case". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  11. ^ a b c d "【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. ^ a b c d "【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. ^ a b c d "【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. ^ Pan, Jason (7 July 2022). "Lawmakers sentenced for graft". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  15. ^ Lin, Chang-shun; Kuo, Chien-shen; Wang, Cheng-chung; Lee, Hsin-Yin (6 July 2022). "Four sitting, ex-lawmakers receive jail time for bribery in SOGO case". Central News Agency. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
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