Feng Ting-kuo
MLY
馮定國
Acting Convenor of the New Party National Committee
In office
December 1998 – January 1999
Preceded byChen Kuei-miao
Succeeded byLee Ching-hua
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1996 – 31 January 2008
ConstituencyTaichung County
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1992–1996
Member of the Taipei City Council
In office
1985–1988
Personal details
Born(1950-09-24)24 September 1950
Died5 June 2018(2018-06-05) (aged 67)
Cause of deathMyocardial infarction
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyPeople First Party (after 2001)
Other political
affiliations		New Party (before 2001)
Alma materChinese Culture University
State University of New York
University of Denver

Feng Ting-kuo (Chinese: 馮定國; pinyin: Féng Dìngguó; 24 September 1950 – 5 June 2018) was a Taiwanese politician. He served on the Taipei City Council from 1985 to 1988, and was a member of the National Assembly between 1992 and 1996, then represented Taichung County in the Legislative Yuan until 2008.

Education

Feng obtained a bachelor's degree in law from Chinese Culture University before earning a master's degree in computer science from the State University of New York and a doctorate in education at the University of Denver.[1][2]

Political career

Feng was first elected to the Taipei City Council and later sat on the National Assembly.[3][4] He was a New Party candidate for Taichung County in the 1995 legislative elections and won. Feng was reelected in 1998, and switched political affiliations to the People First Party in April 2001,[5] eight months before a second successful reelection bid. Feng supported a 2004 proposal for the People First Party to merge with the Kuomintang,[6] though plans fell through. He backed efforts to simplify the process foreign nationals married to native Taiwanese had to go through to obtain a work permit.[7] The People First Party suggested Feng fill a vacancy on the Control Yuan in 2007, but he did not receive an official nomination.[8][9] Later that year, Feng suspended his legislative campaign in favor of Kuomintang candidate Chiang Lien-fu.[10]

Misjudgements

Feng was charged with bribery in 2008, for accepting a sum of money traced to the National Chinese Herbal Apothecary Association in 1998.[11] The Taipei District Court acquitted Feng in January 2009,[12] but the ruling was overturned by the Taiwan High Court in September 2010, which sentenced Feng to seven years and two months imprisonment.[13][14] The Taiwan High Court ruled in September 2017 that Feng was not guilty, and his sentence was revoked.[15]

The Taiwan High Court ruled on a separate case involving Feng in 2012, finding him not guilty of breaching the Assembly and Parade Act in a March 2004 protest of presidential election results.[16][17]

Death

In the early morning of 5 June 2018, Feng died of myocardial infarction at the age of 67.[18][19]

References

  1. ↑ "Feng Ting-kuo (3)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Feng Ting-kuo (5)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Feng Ting-kuo (4)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Feng Ting-kuo (6)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "New Party keeps the heat on PFP". Taipei Times. 15 April 2001. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Hong, Caroline (4 October 2004). "Soong stands firm on waiting to merge". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  7. ↑ Lin, Jean (11 November 2005). "Foreign spouse bill passes review". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  8. ↑ Shih, Hsiu-chuan; Ko, Shu-ling (11 September 2007). "Premier to give lawmakers a policy briefing". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  9. ↑ Shih, Hsiu-chuan (6 July 2008). "Hands off Ma's nominations, Wang says". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  10. ↑ Wang, Flora (20 November 2007). "PFP Taichung candidate drops out". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  11. ↑ Chuang, Jimmy (18 January 2008). "Eight legislators charged with accepting bribes". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  12. ↑ Chuang, Jimmy (24 January 2009). "Two sentenced in herbal bribes case". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  13. ↑ Chang, Rich (9 September 2010). "Lawmakers across party lines jailed over bribes". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "Taiwan High Court hands lawmakers stiff sentences". Taiwan Today. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  15. ↑ 楊, 國文 (26 September 2017). "更三審大幅減刑 中藥商行賄案2前立委改判無罪". Liberty Times (in Chinese).
  16. ↑ Huang, Tai-lin (15 June 2004). "Anxiety in the KMT grassroots runs deep". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  17. ↑ Yang, Kuo-wen (1 June 2012). "Court clears pan-blue lawmakers". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  18. ↑ Chen, Qiuyun (5 June 2018). 前親民黨立委馮定國辭世 得年67歲. United Daily News (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  19. ↑ 親民黨前立委馮定國心肌梗塞 今晨逝世. China Times (in Chinese). 5 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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