Liu Cheng-hung

Liu Cheng-hung
劉政鴻
Magistrate of Miaoli County
In office
20 December 2005 – 25 December 2014
Preceded by Fu Hsueh-peng
Succeeded by Hsu Yao-chang[1]
Personal details
Born 12 November 1947 (1947-11-12) (age 68)
Houlong, Miaoli County, Taiwan
Nationality  Republic of China
Political party Kuomintang
Alma mater Chinese Culture University

Liu Cheng-hung (Chinese: 劉政鴻; pinyin: Liú Zhènghóng) is a politician in the Republic of China. He was the Magistrate of Miaoli County since 20 December 2005 until 25 December 2014.[2]

Miaoli County Magistrate

Miaoli County Magistrate election

Liu was elected as the Magistrate of Miaoli County after winning the 2005 Miaoli County magistrate election on 3 December 2005. He then took the magistrate office on 20 December 2005. He retained his second term as magistrate after winning the 2009 Miaoli County magistrate election on 5 December 2009 and assumed office on 20 December 2009.

Shoe throwing incident

On 18 September 2013, a shoe was thrown at him by student Chen Wei-ting (陳為廷) when Liu attempted to offer his condolences during the memorial service to the family of a man found dead in a water channel under a bridge at Dapu, Zhunan, Miaoli County named Chang Sen-wen (張森文). Supporters and relatives of Chang blamed Liu responsible for the his death because the his pharmacy was one of several structures destroyed by the county government on 17 July 2013 to make way for the construction of a new campus at the Hsinchu Science Park.[3] On 25 June 2015, the Taichung branch of Taiwan High Court ruled Chen guilty of the shoe-throwing incident but exempt him from any punishment.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201411290001.aspx
  2. ↑ "Executive — Miaoli County Government". Miaoli.gov.tw. 2009-10-04. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  3. ↑ "Miaoli magistrate confronted over Dapu man's death". The China Post. 2013-09-19. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  4. ↑ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/06/26/2003621611
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