Chung Tung-chin

Chung Tung-chin
Chung Tung-chin
鍾東錦
	Official portrait, 2022
12th Magistrate of Miaoli
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 December 2022
Deputy	Den Kui-chu
Preceded by	Hsu Yao-chang
19th Speaker of Miaoli County Council
	In office; 25 December 2018 – 25 December 2022
Vice Speaker	Lee Wen-ping
Preceded by	Chen Chao-ming
Succeeded by	Lee Wen-ping
18th Vice Speaker of Miaoli County Council
	In office; 25 December 2014 – 25 December 2018
Speaker	Chen Chao-ming
Preceded by	Chen Chao-ming
Succeeded by	Lee Wen-ping
Miaoli County Councillor
	In office; 25 December 2014 – 25 December 2022
Constituency	Miaoli V
Personal details
Born	Chung Chao-ping; January 2, 1963 (age 61); Nanzhuang, Miaoli County, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwan
Political party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	Kuomintang (until June 2022; membership removed)

Chung Tung-chin (Chinese: 鍾東錦; pinyin: Zhōng Dōngjǐn; born 2 January 1963) is a Taiwanese politician. He was elected to the Miaoli County Council in 2014 and became its speaker in 2018. He vacated his council seat and leadership in 2022 to take office as magistrate of Miaoli County.

Political career

Chung was elected a Miaoli County Councilor in 2014 and became its speaker in 2018.^[1]^[2] During Chung's speakership, the Miaoli County Council in 2019 became the first county council in Taiwan to hold a full session in Hakka.^[3]

Miaoli County Magistrate

Chung ran as a Kuomintang (KMT) candidate for the 2022 Miaoli County magistrate election but did not receive the party's endorsement; the KMT nomination went to Hsieh Fu-hung (traditional Chinese: 謝福弘; simplified Chinese: 谢福弘) instead.^[4] Chung then registered as an independent candidate in June 2022 and was expelled from the KMT in September.^[5]^[6]

During the election campaign, Chung promised to continue the incumbent magistrate Hsu Yao-chang's policies. He also promised to carry out the social welfare programs of the Miaoli County Government, such as social housing, festival grants, free lunches for school students, etc.^[7] In October 2022, Legislative Yuan members affiliated with the Democratic Progressive Party petitioned the Control Yuan to investigate a statement of personal assets declared by Chung.^[8] That same month, Hsieh Fu-hung, the DPP, and the New Power Party presented evidence indicating that Chung had been convicted of murder in 1987, and urged him to withdraw his candidacy.^[4]^[1] In December 2022, the Miaoli District Prosecutors Office began investigating Chung's campaign regarding allegations of vote buying;^[9]^[10] in turn, Chung accused the authorities of political bias.^[11] The Miaoli District Court rejected the allegations in July 2023, determining that Chung's supporters and campaign staff had given money to other candidates for local political office.^[12]

2022 Miaoli County Magistrate Election Result
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Chung Tung-chin	Independent	124,603	42.66%
2	Hsu Ting-chen (徐定禎)	DPP	91,260	31.24%
3	Sung Kuo-ting (宋國鼎)	NPP	39,347	13.47%
4	Hsieh Fu-hung (謝福弘)	KMT	32,026	10.96%
5	Wu Sheng-sheng (吳盛聖)	Independent	4,864	1.67%

References

^ ^a ^b Pan, Jason (8 October 2022). "Decades-old murder conviction raises stakes in KMT election feud in Miaoli". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ Pan, Jason (20 October 2022). "Ko to meet with firebrand Miaoli County speaker". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ Chang, Hsun-teng; Chung, Jake (29 May 2019). "Lee praises Miaoli council for holding session in Hakka". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b Pan, Jason (14 October 2022). "Chung Tung-chin urged to withdraw". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
^ Pan, Jason (23 October 2022). "DPP figures weigh in on TPP scandals in Hsinchu". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
^ Yeh, Chen; Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Liu, Kuan-ting; Teng, Pei-ju (8 September 2022). "ELECTIONS 2022/Former legislator expelled from DPP over Taoyuan mayoral bid". Retrieved 29 December 2022. Republished as: "DPP expels Cheng Pao-ching over mayoral run". Taipei Times. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ Kao, Evelyn (26 November 2022). "ELECTIONS 2022/Independent Chung Tung-chin declares win in Miaoli County magistrate race". Central News Agency. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
^ "Probe of candidate urged". Taipei Times. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ Pan, Jason (18 December 2022). "Miaoli election could be overturned due to fraud". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ Kuan, Jui-ping; Lin, Sean (20 December 2022). "ELECTIONS 2022/Prosecutors seek to annul election of Miaoli magistrate-elect". Central News Agency. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ Pan, Jason (22 December 2022). "Official rejects bias accusation in Miaoli election case". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ Kuan, Jui-ping; Lee, Hsin-Yin (21 July 2023). "Miaoli magistrate's election ruled valid despite vote-buying convictions". Central News Agency. Retrieved 22 July 2023.

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[conviction1987-1] Pan, Jason (8 October 2022). "Decades-old murder conviction raises stakes in KMT election feud in Miaoli". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[2] Pan, Jason (20 October 2022). "Ko to meet with firebrand Miaoli County speaker". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[3] Chang, Hsun-teng; Chung, Jake (29 May 2019). "Lee praises Miaoli council for holding session in Hakka". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[withdraw-4] Pan, Jason (14 October 2022). "Chung Tung-chin urged to withdraw". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

[5] Pan, Jason (23 October 2022). "DPP figures weigh in on TPP scandals in Hsinchu". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

[6] Yeh, Chen; Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Liu, Kuan-ting; Teng, Pei-ju (8 September 2022). "ELECTIONS 2022/Former legislator expelled from DPP over Taoyuan mayoral bid". Retrieved 29 December 2022. Republished as: "DPP expels Cheng Pao-ching over mayoral run". Taipei Times. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[7] Kao, Evelyn (26 November 2022). "ELECTIONS 2022/Independent Chung Tung-chin declares win in Miaoli County magistrate race". Central News Agency. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

[8] "Probe of candidate urged". Taipei Times. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[9] Pan, Jason (18 December 2022). "Miaoli election could be overturned due to fraud". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[10] Kuan, Jui-ping; Lin, Sean (20 December 2022). "ELECTIONS 2022/Prosecutors seek to annul election of Miaoli magistrate-elect". Central News Agency. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[11] Pan, Jason (22 December 2022). "Official rejects bias accusation in Miaoli election case". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[12] Kuan, Jui-ping; Lee, Hsin-Yin (21 July 2023). "Miaoli magistrate's election ruled valid despite vote-buying convictions". Central News Agency. Retrieved 22 July 2023.

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