Tuan Yi-kang

Tuan Yi-kang
MLY
段宜康

Man in gray pinstriped shirt standing with right hand raised in front of a podium and microphone stand

Tuan in October 2015
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2012
Constituency Republic of China
In office
1 February 2002 – 1 February 2005
Constituency Taipei 2nd
Personal details
Born (1963-11-14) 14 November 1963
Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality Taiwanese
Political party Democratic Progressive Party
Alma mater National Taiwan University
Occupation Politician

Tuan Yi-kang (Chinese: 段宜康; born 14 November 1963) is Taiwanese politician. A former leader of the Democratic Progressive Party's now-abolished New Tide faction, he has served on the party's Central Standing Committee, the Taipei City Council and the Legislative Yuan.

Education

Tuan was born in Taipei, graduated from Ta-Chih Junior High School and Chung Kung Senior High School, before attending National Taiwan University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in political science.[1][2]

Political career

Tuan started his political career by working for legislators Lu Hsiu-yi, Hung Chi-chang and Yeh Chu-lan. He was Kao Chih-peng's campaign manager in Kao's 1993 run for Penghu County Magistrate.[2][3] In 1994, Tuan was elected to the Taipei City Council, and served until 2002. Tuan took office in the Legislative Yuan later that year, and was defeated in his 2005 reelection campaign.[4][1] He was the chief convener of the New Tide faction, before it was officially dissolved in 2006.[5][6] In 2008, Tuan served within the Democratic Progressive Party as deputy secretary-general,[7][8] resigning in March.[9] He ran against Kuomintang incumbent Lin Yu-fang in the 2008 legislative elections and lost.[10] Tuan was elected to the DPP Central Standing Committee in 2010.[11] He contested the 2012 legislative elections as a candidate for Taipei's second district, but later withdrew from the district party primary.[12] He won a seat in the Legislative Yuan through the proportional representation ballot.[13] He was also reelected to the CSC.[14][15] Tuan was placed on the proportional representation list again for the 2016 elections, and won an at-large seat.[16]

Controversy

Lien Chan's daughter Lien Hui-hsin sued Tuan for slander in 2004, for alleging that she had helped her father commit tax evasion.[17]

Tuan claimed in January 2015 that President Ma Ying-jeou illegally accepted NT$200 million from various businesspeople during his 2008 presidential campaign.[18][19] Later that month Ma filed a lawsuit against Tuan for NT$10 million.[20] In February 2016, the Taipei District Court ordered Tuan to pay Ma NT$600,000.[21]

In December 2015, Tuan accused Wang Ju-hsuan of improperly profiting in the real estate market by acquiring multiple properties intended to house military families.[22] Wang sued Tuan for defamation, but the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office dropped the case, and also found that none of Wang's real estate deals were illegal.[23]

Fellow Democratic Progressive Party member and incumbent Hualien City mayor Tien Chih-hsuan died in May 2016,[24] and the DPP lost the subsequent by-election in August.[25] After the results of the vote were announced, Tuan made Facebook posts that were critical of Hualien voters, for which he apologized.[26][27] In September, Tuan accused Radio Taiwan International of "assisting" unification efforts, by renting low-cost airtime to the China-based Guangdong Television.[28]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tuan, Yi-kang (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Tuan, Yi-kang (5)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Diamond, Larry; Shin, Gi-Wook (2014). New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan. Stanford University Press. p. 289. ISBN 9780804789226.
  4. ↑ "Suspect donations avoiding scrutiny". Taipei Times. Central News Agency. 12 May 2005. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Huang, Jewel (7 July 2006). "Factions not key cause of DPP's problems: New Tide". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Young, David (1 April 2008). "Infighting continues among DPP leaders". China Post. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Mo, Yan-chih; Ko, Shu-ling (7 March 2008). "Presidential election 2008: 15 days to go: Ma camp accuses rival of smear campaign". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "UN referendums to accompany presidential poll". Taiwan Info. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Shih, Hsiu-chuan (30 March 2008). "DPP's young force plans party reform measures". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "KMT wins two-thirds majority". Taipei Times. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Engbarth, Dennis (19 July 2010). "DPP campaign aims to bring people 'Happiness and Pride'". Taiwan News. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  12. ↑ Tseng, Wei-chen (March 20, 2011). "Tuan Yi-kang bows out of DPP primary for Shilin-Datong". Taipei Times. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  13. ↑ Soong, Grace (19 January 2012). "Former DPP official rallies against HTC". China Post. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  14. ↑ Kuo, Adam Tyrsett (15 July 2012). "Key DPP members position themselves for committee election". China Post. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  15. ↑ Wang, Chris (16 July 2012). "DPP election ushers in new leadership". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  16. ↑ Wen, Kui-hsiang; Wang, Cheng-chung; Lu, Hsin-hui; Chang, S.C. (19 January 2016). "Incoming ruling party to discuss 'neutral' speaker issue". Central News Agency. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  17. ↑ Chuang, Jimmy (30 September 2007). "Tuan Yi-kang refuses to apologize to Lien family". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  18. ↑ Huang, Hsin-po (24 February 2016). "Tuan ordered to pay Ma". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  19. ↑ Hsiao, Alison (25 January 2015). "Ma pledges 'defensive' lawsuits". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  20. ↑ Shih, Hsiu-chuan (30 January 2015). "Ma files lawsuits against lawmaker, critic". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  21. ↑ Tsai, Page; Wen, Kui-hsiang; Wu, Lilian (23 February 2016). "DPP legislator must compensate President Ma for donation allegations". Central News Agency. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  22. ↑ Chiao, Yuan-Ming (3 December 2015). "KMT vice-presidential candidate sues DPP lawmaker for defamation". China Post. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  23. ↑ Pan, Jason (30 January 2016). "Prosecutors drop Tuan Yi-kang defamation case". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  24. ↑ Loa, Iok-sin (30 May 2016). "Hualien Mayor Tien Chih-hsuan dies of lung cancer at 56". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  25. ↑ Chen, Wei-han (28 August 2016). "KMT's Wei wins Hualien by-election". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  26. ↑ Chen, Wei-han (29 August 2016). "Lawmaker apologizes for criticizing Hualien voters". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  27. ↑ Chen, Wei-han (30 August 2016). "DPP legislator apologizes again after election remark". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  28. ↑ Peng, Wan-hsin; Hetherington, William (12 September 2016). "RTI 'assisting' unification with China: legislator". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
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