Feng Ting-kuo

馮定國Acting Convenor of the New Party National CommitteeIn office
December 1998 – January 1999Preceded byChen Kuei-miaoSucceeded byLee Ching-huaMember of the Legislative YuanIn office
1 February 1996 – 31 January 2008ConstituencyTaichung CountyMember of the National AssemblyIn office
1992–1996Member of the Taipei City CouncilIn office
1985–1988 Personal detailsBorn(1950-09-24)24 September 1950Died5 June 2018(2018-06-05) (aged 67)Cause of deathMyocardial infarctionNationalityRepublic of ChinaPolitical partyPeople First Party (after 2001)Other political
affiliationsNew 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^[which?] 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]

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