Chang Tsai Mei (; born 1938) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Chang Tsai earned a master's degree in business administration from the

City University of Seattle City University of Seattle (CityU) is a private university in Seattle, Washington. In 2016–17, CityU enrolled 6,755 students worldwide. The university consists of the School of Business and Management, The School of Education and Leadership, ...

Political career

Chang Tsai was a member of the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

and was active in the party's women's association. Chang Tsai served on the

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and the

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before her 1994 election to the

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. She then represented the

Hsinchu City Constituency Hsinchu City is represented in the Legislative Yuan since 2008 by one at-large single-member constituency (Hsinchu Constituency,). Current district * Hsinchu City Hsinchu (, Chinese: 新竹, Pinyin: ''Xīnzhú'', Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹- ...

for two terms in the

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on behalf of the

, winning consecutive legislative elections in 1998 and 2001. In 2003, during her second term on the

, Chang Tsai discussed electronic waste originating from compact discs. Later that year, the Association Monitoring the Nomination of Grand Justices placed her on a list of worst-performing legislators. After losing a July 2004 party primary to

Ko Chun-hsiung Ko Chun-hsiung (; 15 January 1945 – 6 December 2015) was a Taiwanese actor, director and politician. He had been acting since the 1960s and had appeared in more than 200 films. His career accolades included three Golden Horse Awards, two As ...

, Chang Tsai left the Kuomintang, joined the Alliance of Independent Lawmakers, and lost the subsequent general election to Ko.

Controversy

Chang Tsai and seven others were indicted on charges of bribery in 2008. The charges stemmed from her 2003 endorsement of the Oral Healthcare Act. The

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's first ruling in October 2010 declared that the eight were not guilty. The verdict was overruled in another decision by the same court, issued in September 2011. An appeal heard by the

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resulted in a 2016 decision in which Chang Tsai was one of six defendants found not guilty.

References

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