Andrew Oung

Andrew Oung
翁大銘
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1993–1996
Personal details
Born (1950-06-04)4 June 1950
Cixi, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Died 6 March 2015(2015-03-06) (aged 64)
Da'an District, Taipei, Taiwan
Relations
  • Oung Min-chang (father)
  • Oung Yi-ming and James Oung (brothers)
  • Oung Shi-hua (son)
Andrew Oung
Traditional Chinese 翁大銘
Simplified Chinese 翁大铭

Andrew Oung (Born 4 June 1950) also known by his Chinese name Oung Ta-ming,[1][2] was a Taiwanese businessman whose family ran the Hualon Textile Corporation.[3] Oung served in the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 1996.[4]

Career

Oung's father founded Hualon Textile in 1967. In 1992, Andrew Oung was jailed in an insider trading and price manipulation scandal,[5] in part because the $22 million Hualon planned on investing in the stock market were never paid.[6] The debts continued growing. When Oung declared bankruptcy in 1994, he owed various creditors over $152 million. He was again sent to prison in 2010 for fraud leading to the bankruptcy proceedings.[7] Oung served over half of a two-year sentence before being paroled in 2011.[4] The next year, former employees at Hualon's Toufen factory organized protests, alleging that they were owed $22 million in lost wages and pensions due to Hualon's bankruptcy.[3][4] In 2014, James and Andrew's acquisition of Paladin was challenged by their nephew, the former CEO of Paladin.[8]

References

  1. Robertson, Benjamin (18 August 2014). "HK$2.4b feud over Peak properties centres on power of attorney". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  2. "Peak property portfolio key to HK$1.6 billion takeover tussle". South China Morning Post. 31 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Kao, Cameron (26 June 2012). "Hualon workers protest over pensions". The China Post. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Former Hualon Group chief, lawmaker Oung Ta-ming dies". Central News Agency. 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  5. Liu, Chien-pang; Lin, Chang-shun; Kuo, Chung-han (3 March 2015). "Former Hualon Group chief, lawmaker Oung Ta-ming dies". Central News Agency. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  6. "Taiwan Stock Payment Defaults Are Being Investigated". Los Angeles Times. Reuters. 21 September 1992. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  7. "Tycoon Oung Da-ming dies at home". Taiwan News. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  8. Robertson, Benjamin (27 October 2014). "Oung brothers a step closer to cementing control of Paladin". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
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