Lu Chia-chen

Lu Chia-chen (Chinese: 盧嘉辰; pinyin: Lú Jiāchén; born 1 January 1953) is a Taiwanese politician.

Lu Chia-chen

MLY
盧嘉辰
Lu in July 2015
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
3 March 2008 – 31 January 2016
Succeeded byWu Chi-ming
ConstituencyNew Taipei 10
Mayor of Tucheng
In office
1 March 2002 – 2 March 2008
Member of the Taipei County Council
In office
1 March 1994 – 28 February 2002
Member of the Taipei County Township and District Assembly
In office
1 March 1987 – 28 February 1994
ConstituencyTucheng
Personal details
Born (1953-01-01) 1 January 1953
Taipei County, Taiwan
NationalityTaiwanese
Political partyKuomintang
Alma materChung Hua University
Occupationpolitician

Education

Lu earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Chung Hua University.[1]

Political career

Lu is a longtime ally of Wang Jin-pyng.[2][3] Lu served on the township council as a representative of Tucheng District for two terms. He then was elected to the Taipei County Council, again for two terms. Lu returned to Tucheng as district leader, and ran for a seat on the Legislative Yuan near the end of his second term.[4] He was elected to the Legislative Yuan in January 2008, defeating Lee Wen-chung,[5] but did not take office at the start of the February legislative session. Because Lu held his Tucheng District post until March, the need for a local by-election was eliminated.[6] Lu was sworn in as a member of the Legislative Yuan on 3 March, after jogging from Tucheng to the Legislative Yuan in Taipei.[1][7] He faced Chuang Suo-hang in the 2012 elections and won.[8] In April, he proposed that benefits for employees of state-run enterprise be reduced because some of the companies lost too much money to justify the benefits offered.[9] Lu lost his seat to Wu Chi-ming in 2016.[10]

Controversy

Throughout his legislative tenure, Lu has been known to make controversial comments. In October 2008 he said of lawmaker Chiu Yi-ying, "The only way to make Chiu happy is to find her a husband."[11] In March 2009, he opined that the health of Kaohsiung mayor Chen Chu had turned due to bad karma, as she had ordered city officials to remove a Chiang Kai-shek statue.[12]

In April 2013, Lu's district office in Tucheng was the site of an attempted bombing.[13] A suitcase containing an explosive was discovered in his office hours after a similar item was found in the Taiwan High Speed Rail Train 616.[14] The two suspects were tracked to China and repatriated days after the discovery of the bombs.[15][16] The bomb maker asserted that the bombs would not have exploded,[17] but both suspects were indicted in June.[18] The New Taipei District Court ruled on the case in January 2014.[19] Upon appeal to the Supreme Court, both defendants' sentences were shortened.[20]

References
  1. "Lu Chia-chen (7)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. Hsiao, Alison (16 May 2015). "Wang indicates no presidential bid". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  3. Hsiao, Alison (21 March 2015). "KMT legislators urge Chu to run for president". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  4. "Lu Chia-chen (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  5. "Legislative elections and referendums" (PDF). Taipei Times. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  6. Wang, Flora; Chuang, Jimmy (2 February 2008). "Wang re-elected as legislative speaker". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  7. "Legislators report for duty". Taipei Times. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  8. Shan, Shelley (15 January 2012). "2012 ELECTIONS: Pan-greens make gains in legislature". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  9. "Slash 'fat cat' benefits, legislator says". Taipei Times. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  10. Hsu, Stacy (2 November 2015). "Wang Jin-pyng no-show fans Chu conflict rumors". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  11. Loa, Iok-sin (29 March 2009). "Citizen Congress Watch tells legislators to behave". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  12. Wang, Flora (30 April 2009). "DPP lawmakers accuse legislative committee of bias". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  13. Chung, Jake (16 April 2013). "Police release pair held over train bomb scare". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  14. "Security to be stepped up". Taipei Times. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  15. Mo, Yan-chih (20 April 2013). "Ma praises police for arrest of train bomb suspects". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  16. Huang, Tun-yen; Chung, Jake (19 April 2013). "Bomb case suspect spills details of plan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  17. "No harm meant: suitcase 'bomb' suspect". Taipei Times. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  18. Chung, Jake (7 June 2013). "Pair indicted over failed bombings". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  19. Chang, Rich (23 January 2014). "Failed 'bombers' get long sentences". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  20. "Sentences upheld over bomb plot". Taipei Times. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
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