Feng Ting-kuo
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. EducationFeng graduated from Chinese Culture University with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree. He then completed graduate studies in the United States, where he earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in computer science from the State University of New York and his Ph.D. in education from the University of Denver in 1994.[1][2] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "The increase of computer literacy through a computer education series on commercial television in Taiwan, the Republic of China".[3] Political careerFeng was first elected to the Taipei City Council and later sat on the National Assembly.[4][5] 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,[6] eight months before a second successful reelection bid. Feng supported a 2004 proposal for the People First Party to merge with the Kuomintang,[7] 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.[8] The People First Party suggested Feng fill a vacancy on the Control Yuan in 2007, but he did not receive an official nomination.[9][10] Later that year, Feng suspended his legislative campaign in favor of Kuomintang candidate Chiang Lien-fu.[11] MisjudgementsFeng was charged with bribery in 2008, for accepting a sum of money traced to the National Chinese Herbal Apothecary Association in 1998.[12] The Taipei District Court acquitted Feng in January 2009,[13] but the ruling was overturned by the Taiwan High Court in September 2010, which sentenced Feng to seven years and two months imprisonment.[14][15] The Taiwan High Court ruled in September 2017 that Feng was not guilty, and his sentence was revoked.[16] The Taiwan High Court ruled on a separate case involving Feng in 2012, finding him not guilty of breaching the Assembly and Parade Act in a March 2004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.[17][18] DeathIn the early morning of 5 June 2018, Feng died of myocardial infarction at the age of 67.[19][20] References
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