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Ma Wen-chun

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Ma Wen-chun
馬文君
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
18 December 2009
Preceded byWu Den-yih
ConstituencyNantou County 1st
Personal details
Born (1965-12-01) December 1, 1965 (age 59)
Puli, Nantou County, Taiwan
Political partyKuomintang
Alma materChia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science (BPharm)
Feng Chia University (MA)

Ma Wen-chun (Chinese: 馬文君; pinyin: Mǎ Wénjūn; Wade–Giles: Ma Wen-chün; born 1 December 1965) is a Taiwanese politician. A member of the Kuomintang, she has served in the Legislative Yuan since 2009.

Education

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Ma received her bachelor's degree in pharmacy from Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science[1][2][3] and master's degree in management development from Feng Chia University.[1][2][3]

Career

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Ma has served in the Legislative Yuan since 2009.[4][5] She is on the legislature's Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee[6][7] since 2020.[7]

Controversies

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In October 2023, she was publicly accused of attempting to hinder Taiwan's domestic submarine program by outing foreign individuals involved in the program and providing classified information on the program to the People's Republic of China.[6]

After the head of the submarine program commented that an unspecified legislator had interfered with the program, Ma said on Facebook, "If you name me, I'll have to sue you"; she was then named by her legislative colleagues.[8]

DPP legislative candidate Justin Wu and political commentator Lee Zheng-hao filed suit against Ma, accusing her of treason, at the High Prosecutors' Office. Ma previously confirmed in a public post that her office mailed materials relating to the submarine program to the Korean Mission in Taipei in January 2022, but said she also passed them along to the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau. If convicted, Ma could face a sentence of "not less than three years but not more than ten years."[9]

In December 2023, Ma was accused of illegally building a residential villa on protected farmland in Puli that is intended for agricultural use.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "立法院 -馬文君委員" (in Traditional Chinese). Legislative Yuan. Archived from the original on 2022-02-10. Retrieved 2023-11-06. 逢甲大學 經營管理研究所碩士 嘉南藥專(嘉南藥理科技大學)藥理科畢業
  2. ^ a b "公民國會監督聯盟 立委評鑑成績 馬文君" (in Traditional Chinese). Citizen Congress Watch Taiwan. Archived from the original on 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2023-11-06. 最高學歷 逢甲大學經營管理碩士 嘉南藥專(嘉南藥理科技大學)藥理科畢業
  3. ^ a b "1號 馬文君 - 2020 決戰總統立委選舉" (in Traditional Chinese). Liberty Times. Archived from the original on 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2023-11-06. 馬文君 學歷 逢甲大學經營管理碩士 嘉南藥專(嘉南藥理科技大學)藥理科畢業
  4. ^ Shih, Hsiu-chuan. "Free-for-all breaks out in legislature." Taipei Times. Wednesday June 26, 2013 - Page 1. Retrieved on June 26, 2013.
  5. ^ "立法院". 23 July 2013.
  6. ^ a b Weng Yu-huang, Jason Pan (2023-10-06). "Ma Wen-chun accusations outlined". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2023-11-08. ...facing calls to explain allegations that she passed classified material about Taiwan's Indigenous Defense Submarine program to a foreign state...as a member of the legislature's Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee
  7. ^ a b "Ma Wen-chun accusations outlined" (in Traditional Chinese). Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 2023-11-08. 南投縣第1選舉區...委員會:第十屆(立法院)..外交及國防委員會...到職日期:109年2月1日...(109==2020)
  8. ^ Howard, Sam. "KMT legislator accused of leaking secrets on Taiwan's new submarine to China". taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  9. ^ Wen, Yu-te; Chen, Fong-li; Pan, Jason (10 October 2023). "Two file suit accusing Ma Wen-chun of treason". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  10. ^ 祝蘭蕙 (5 December 2023). "不只洩密!馬文君遭爆違法使用國有農地 爽住700坪豪華莊園!" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Liberty Times. Archived from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023. ...居住在埔里鎮的豪華莊園蓋在國有農地上...馬家莊園所在地是國有地,屬都市計畫區的農業用地,卻被違法使用來住居...
  11. ^ Cheng, Chi-fang (6 December 2023). "馬文君豪宅爭議 國產署:租地合法但「承租人不姓馬」". Liberty Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 6 December 2023.