Hsu Tsai-li (; 5 November 1947 – 19 February 2007) was a Taiwanese politician. He was the

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Keelung City Keelung () or Jilong () (; Hokkien POJ: '), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. The city is a part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with its neighbors, New Taipe ...

from 2001 to 2007.

Political career

Hsu started his political career as a local borough chief. He served as a councilor at the

Keelung City Council The Keelung City Council or Keelung Municipal Council (KMC; ) is the elected city council of Keelung City, Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and Sout ...

in 1982 and became the speaker of the council in 1990, serving for 12 years.

Keelung City Mayoralty

2001 Keelung City mayoralty election

Hsu was elected as the Mayor of Keelung City after winning the 2001 Republic of China local election as 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 ...

candidate on 1 December 2001 and took office on 20 December 2001.

Amputation

Because of his long-term illness with

diabetes mellitus Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a high blood sugar level ( hyperglycemia) over a prolonged period of time. Symptoms often include frequent urination, increased thirst and increased ...

, three toes of his left foot had to be amputated after being infected while he was inspecting a flooded area in Keelung City in 2002.

2005 Keelung City mayor election

During his reelection bid for a second term as Keelung City Mayor, Hsu was accused of involvement in a land procurement scandal. However, with support from Kuomintang Chairman

Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou ( zh, 馬英九, born 13 July 1950) is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese politician who served as president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. Previously, he served as justice minister from 1993 to 1996 and mayor of Taipei fro ...

, Hsu easily defeated his opponent. He won the 2005 Republic of China local election on 3 December 2005 and took office on 20 December 2005.

Corruption scandal

In September 2006, Hsu was expelled from the Kuomintang after he was sentenced to seven years in prison by Taiwan Keelung District Court, which found him guilty of corruption for trying to sell a piece of his own land to the bus department of the

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at a large profit. However, he retained his mayoralty position. He then protested his innocence and said that he would appeal the ruling, a move which kept him out of prison under the

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Death

Hsu died on 19 February 2007 due to complications from chronic heart disease after suffering from diabetes mellitus for years.

References

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