Chang Tsai Mei (Chinese: 張蔡美; born 1938) is a Taiwanese politician.
Education
editChang Tsai earned a master's degree in business administration from the City University of Seattle.[1][2]
Political career
editChang Tsai was a member of the Kuomintang and was active in the party's women's association.[3] Chang Tsai served on the Hsinchu County Council and the Hsinchu City Council before her 1994 election to the Taiwan Provincial Assembly.[1][4] She then represented the Hsinchu City Constituency for two terms in the Legislative Yuan on behalf of the Kuomintang, winning consecutive legislative elections in 1998[5][6] and 2001.[7][8]
In 2003, during her second term on the Legislative Yuan, Chang Tsai discussed electronic waste originating from compact discs.[9] Later that year, the Association Monitoring the Nomination of Grand Justices placed her on a list of worst-performing legislators.[10] After losing a July 2004 party primary to Ko Chun-hsiung, Chang Tsai left the Kuomintang, joined the Alliance of Independent Lawmakers, and lost the subsequent general election to Ko.[11]
Controversy
editChang Tsai and seven others were indicted on charges of bribery in 2008. The charges stemmed from her 2003 endorsement of the Oral Healthcare Act.[12] The Taiwan High Court's first ruling in October 2010 declared that the eight were not guilty. The verdict was overruled in another decision by the same court, issued in September 2011.[13] An appeal heard by the Supreme Court resulted in a 2016 decision in which Chang Tsai was one of six defendants found not guilty.[14]
References
edit- ^ a b "Chang Tsai Mei (5)". Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "Chang Tsai Mei (4)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 5 September 2020. Note: This webpage profiling Chang Tsai Mei's service within the 4th Legislative Yuan is properly titled with her name and lists her constituency and education correctly. However, the heading titled 'experience' conflates her with Hsu Tain-tsair.
- ^ "Singles event planned". Taipei Times. 18 November 2003. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "1994-83年臺灣省議員選舉 > 區域" (in Chinese). Central Election Commission. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "[1998 Legislative Yuan election]" (in Chinese). Legislative Yuan.
- ^ "第 04 屆立法委員選舉（區域） 候選人得票數" (in Chinese). Central Election Commission.
- ^ "2001-第 05 屆立法委員選舉 > 區域" (in Chinese). Central Election Commission. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "2001-第 05 屆立法委員選舉 > 區域". Central Election Commission. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ Chiu, Yu-Tzu (4 December 2003). "Taiwan to recycle discarded CDs by middle next year". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ Lu, Fiona (17 September 2003). "Legal experts relieved nominations confirmed". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ Huang, Tai-lin (25 July 2004). "'War hero' takes aim at politics". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ Chang, Rich (29 January 2008). "Lawmakers charged in dental association case". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ Chang, Rich; Wang, Chris (28 September 2011). "DPP lawmaker Tsai, others sentenced". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "'Not guilty' verdict upheld in dental law lobbying case". Taipei Times. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2020.