Su Chiu-cheng (Chinese: 蘇秋鎮; 1935–1998) was a Taiwanese politician. Until 1972, he was a practicing lawyer. Su was affiliated with the tangwai movement throughout his political career, and served as a member of the Legislative Yuan between 1981 and 1984.
Career
editSu practiced rights law until he was convicted of embezzlement and disbarred in 1972.[1] He became involved in politics as a legal consultant for political candidates affiliated with the tangwai movement.[1] Su worked for Yu Teng-fa before participating in the 1979 Kaohsiung incident.[2] He came to the attention of the Taiwan Garrison Command during the demonstrations,[3][4] and was subsequently arrested.[2][3] Su was released on bail and permitted to campaign for a legislative seat during the 1980 elections.[2] He won a seat on the Legislative Yuan representing Kaohsiung.[5] The seventh issue of Mingjen, a tangwai-affiliated magazine, was banned in October 1982, partly because it had covered a press conference attended by Su in Tokyo.[6] In 1983, Su questioned interior minister Lin Yang-kang about the lifting of martial law in Taiwan.[7] Su supported a number of legislative candidates during the 1986 election cycle, all of whom lost their bids for political office.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b Han Zhu (December 2018). "Law-Oriented Lawyering vs Political Lawyering: A Comparative Study of China, Taiwan and South Korea". Hong Kong Law Journal. 48 (2). SSRN 3275049.
- ^ a b c Tseng, Wei-chen (24 July 2011). "FEATURE: Days of political prisoner legislators near their end". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ a b Liao, Shutsung (May 2009). "A Record of NATPA's First Decade (1980-1990)" (PDF). (North America Taiwanese Professors’ Association. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ Lee, Shiao-feng (10 December 2003). "Lessons from the Kaohsiung Incident". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "Election Results" (PDF). Taiwan Communiqué (1): 1. December 1980.
- ^ "Freedom of the press?" (PDF). Taiwan Communiqué (10): 36. January 1983.
- ^ "[no title]". Spearhead. 1983.
{{cite news}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "A brief analysis of the overall results" (PDF). Taiwan Communiqué (23): 8. January 1986.