Liu Cheng-hung

Liu Cheng-hung
劉政鴻
Magistrate of Miaoli County
In office
20 December 2005  25 December 2014
Preceded by Fu Hsueh-peng
Succeeded by Hsu Yao-chang
Personal details
Born (1947-11-12) 12 November 1947
Houlong, Miaoli County, Taiwan
Nationality  Republic of China
Political party Kuomintang
Alma mater Chinese Culture University

Liu Cheng-hung (Chinese: 劉政鴻; pinyin: Liú Zhènghóng) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Miaoli County from 20 December 2005 until 25 December 2014.[1]

Miaoli County Magistrate

Miaoli County Magistrate election

Liu was elected as the Magistrate of Miaoli County after winning the 2005 Miaoli County magistrate election on 3 December 2005. He then took the magistrate office on 20 December 2005. He retained his second term as magistrate after winning the 2009 Miaoli County magistrate election on 5 December 2009 and assumed office on 20 December 2009.

Controversies

Shoe throwing incident

On 18 September 2013, a shoe was thrown at him by student Chen Wei-ting (陳為廷) when Liu attempted to offer his condolences during the memorial service to the family of a man named Chang Sen-wen (張森文), who was found dead in a water channel under a bridge at Dapu, Zhunan. Supporters and relatives of Chang held Liu responsible for the his death because the his pharmacy was one of several structures destroyed by the county government on 17 July 2013 to make way for the construction of a new campus at the Hsinchu Science Park.[2] On 25 June 2015, the Taichung branch of Taiwan High Court ruled Chen guilty of the shoe-throwing incident but exempted him from any punishment.[3]

Impeachment

The Control Yuan impeached Liu in August 2016 after an investigation found that Miaoli County accrued a debt of NT$67.6 billion under his leadership.[4]

References

  1. "Executive — Miaoli County Government". Miaoli.gov.tw. 2009-10-04. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  2. "Miaoli magistrate confronted over Dapu man's death". The China Post. 2013-09-19. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  3. Pan, Jason (26 June 2015). "Sunflower who threw his shoe avoids sanction". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. Lin, Liang-sheng; Chang, Teng-hsun; Hsu, Chan-yi; Chung, Jake (8 October 2016). "Control Yuan impeaches former Miaoli official". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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