Shin Kong Life Insurance Co. Vice President Cynthia Wu (吳欣盈) is to assume former Taiwan People’s Party’s Legislator Tsai Pi-ru’s (蔡壁如) at-large seat in the Legislative Yuan, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said Thursday.
The CEC said Wu would see out the remainder of Tsai’s term, which ends on Jan. 31, 2024.
Tsai stood down as a legislator on Oct. 14, one day after Takming University of Science and Technology announced it had revoked her master’s degree for improper citation of sources.
Tsai is the latest victim in a spate of tit-for-tat political attacks linked to academic plagiarism.
In August, Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) had two master’s degrees revoked after being found guilty of plagiarism, with Lin later withdrawing as the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) candidate for Taoyuan mayor.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel