Chu Hsing-yu (; 22 December 1956 – 18 February 2013) was a Taiwanese politician. Chu Hsing-yu was born in

Gushan District Gushan District () is district of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Administrative divisions The district consists of Gufeng, Xiongfeng, Qianfeng, Guangrong, Minzu, Neiwei, Jianguo, Zhongzheng, Zijiang, Longjing, Zhengde, Pinghe, Minjiang, Housheng, Longzi, ...

, Kaohsiung. He succeeded his father, a cement worker by trade, as district chief when the elder Chu was diagnosed with lung disease. Upon completing his father's term, Chu was elected to the position himself. During this time, he earned a college degree from Cheng-Shiu Institute of Technology and Commerce. Chu then served two terms on the

Kaohsiung City Council Kaohsiung City Council () is the city council of Kaohsiung City, Republic of China. It is currently composed of 65 councilors, each serving a four-year term, elected using the single non-transferable vote system. Speaker and deputy speaker of ...

. In 1992, Chu won his first election to the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...

. He left the Democratic Progressive Party in 2003, and served a portion of his final legislative term as an independent. Though he was invited to campaign for DPP candidates in 2004, he rejected the offer. As a legislator, Chu became known for controversial statements and a combative personality, for which his DPP membership had been repeatedly suspended. He was involved in at least three such confrontations in 2004, by which time he had left the Democratic Progressive Party. In April, Chu challenged interior minister

Su Jia-chyuan Su Jia-chyuan (or Su Chia-chyuan; ; born 22 October 1956) is a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). As the first non-Kuomintang President of the Legislative Yuan, Su is an at-large legislator and previously Commissi ...

to solve the

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in a year's time. If Su was successful, Chu pledged to commit suicide. Chu punched Yu Jane-daw and

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in separate incidents later that year. Chu did not run for reelection in 2004, but joined the

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after stepping down from the legislature, retiring to live alone on Guanyinshan. He died in 2013 of a heart attack, aged 56, while staying at a motel in

Sanmin District Sanmin District () is a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History During the Ming dynasty, the Wang, Tsai, and Cheng families built houses in the area to farm the land. The area was thus named ''Sankuaicu'' (). After the handover of Taiwan from ...

, Kaohsiung.

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