Lin Shih-chi
林時機
Member of the Control Yuan
In office
1 February 1999 – 31 January 2005
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1987 – 31 January 1990
ConstituencyTaiwan 4th
(Yunlin County, Chiayi City, Chiayi County, Tainan County, Tainan City)
Personal details
Born (1939-08-02) 2 August 1939
NationalityTaiwanese
Political partyKuomintang
Alma materNational Taiwan University

Lin Shih-chi (Chinese: 林時機; born 2 August 1939) is a Taiwanese politician who served on the Legislative Yuan from 1987 to 1990, and the Control Yuan from 1999 to 2005.

Early career

After earning a bachelor's and master's degree in law from National Taiwan University, Lin worked as a lawyer and served as president of the China Times.[1]

Political career

Lin was a member of the Legislative Yuan between 1987 and 1990. In 1999, he was appointed to the Control Yuan, stepping down in 2005.

As a member of the Control Yuan, Lin was active in a task force called to investigate James Soong's finances shortly before the 2000 presidential election, in which Soong was a candidate.[2] In August 2000, Lin helped impeach education minister Ovid Tzeng, giving several public statements on the case, which found that Tzeng was a dual citizen of Taiwan and the United States while working at public universities in Taiwan.[3][4][5] During Lin's tenure on the Control Yuan, he began a long investigation into the 1992 purchase of Dassault Mirage 2000 jet fighters from France.[6][7][8] In 2001, Lin probed the cancellation of the Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant construction that had occurred the previous year.[9][10] Other investigations into the environment and public safety have led to censure of the Environmental Protection Administration in 2001,[11] and three other government agencies in 2002, for inadequate responses to drought conditions the island faced that year.[12][13] In September, Lin, Lee Shen-yi, and Chao Ron-yaw censured the Executive Yuan, which was found to have sent 40 percent of Taiwan's total foreign investment to China, leading to economic recession and increasing unemployment.[14] The next month, Lin found that miscommunication between the National Immigration Agency and the Ministry of National Defense made the defection of Republic of China Army Lieutenant Wang Yi-hung possible, and issued censures to both agencies.[15] In 2003, Lin issued a decision on the Ministry of Finance's attempt to repossess government property that was being occupied illegally, censuring the ministry for following outdated regulations, which in turn caused the repossession process to be inefficient.[16] Later that year, Lin initiated an investigation into Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou's relationship with Fubon Financial Holding Co.[17] Lin brought Ma in for questioning again in 2004, this time over the use of public billboards in support of Taipei City Government spokesman Wu Yu-sheng's 2004 legislative bid.[18] The Kuomintang nominated Lin for a second term on the Control Yuan in 2007, but he was not selected.[19]

Personal life

Lin's son Lin Feng-cheng became the second chairman of the Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee in September 2017.[20] Lin's nephew Lin Hui-huang is a judge.[21]

References

  1. ↑ "監察委員林時機先生". Control Yuan. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Chen, Lauren; Lin, Chieh-yu (1 January 2000). "Control Yuan to probe Soong case". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Lin, Mei-chun (1 August 2000). "Ovid Tzeng faces impeachment". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Lin, Mei-chun (3 August 2000). "Control Yuan defends Tzeng impeachment". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Lin, Mei-chun (11 August 2000). "Control Yuan issues warning to education ministry". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  6. ↑ Lin, Miao-jung (28 December 2001). "Control Yuan on trail of Mirage scandal". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Control Yuan team wants answers on Mirage purchase". Taipei Times. 24 April 2003. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  8. ↑ Chuang, Jimmy (11 August 2003). "Scandal over Mirage purchase deepens". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Control Yuan team questions officials over decision to halt plant's construction". Taipei Times. 6 February 2001. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  10. ↑ Lin, Mei-chun (16 February 2001). "Plant dispute moves to Control Yuan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  11. ↑ Chiu, Yu-Tzu (8 November 2001). "EPA censured over failure to deal with wasted food". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  12. ↑ Chiu, Yu-tzu (9 May 2002). "Control Yuan censures agencies over drought". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  13. ↑ Chiu, Yu-tzu (8 May 2002). "Water to last until end of June". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  14. ↑ Lin, Miao-jung (19 September 2002). "... as Cabinet is censured on China investment rush". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  15. ↑ Lin, Miao-jung (19 October 2002). "Control Yuan finds negligence in Wang case". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  16. ↑ Lu, Fiona (4 September 2003). "MOF, customs in trouble with the Control Yuan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  17. ↑ Wu, Debby (4 October 2003). "Ma puts reputation on the line". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  18. ↑ Huang, Jewel (4 August 2004). "Ma Ying-jeou to be queried in Control Yuan probe". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  19. ↑ Mo, Yan-chih; Shih, Hsiu-chuan (8 March 2007). "KMT sets list of Control Yuan candidates". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  20. ↑ Lin, Sean (9 September 2017). "New committee head says he wants to 'eliminate' it". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  21. ↑ Lin, Mei-chun (25 August 2002). "Warm-hearted judge causes a storm with his unconventional judgment". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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