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The Ministry of Technology and Science and the Ministry of Education must act in defense of intellectual property and academic integrity, and take former Hsinchu mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) to task over allegations that he plagiarized his master’s thesis, the New Power Party (NPP) caucus said yesterday. A report commissioned by the Hsinchu Science Park Administration that compared Lin’s thesis, which he obtained from Chung Hua University, and the document he is accused of plagiarizing s...

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) yesterday sued Taipei City Councilor Wang Hung-wei (王鴻薇) for slander after the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) politician publicly accused him of academic plagiarism. Lin’s lawyer, Yang Long-yuan (楊隆源), told reporters that Wang’s claims that Lin had copied his master’s thesis from a research report commissioned by the Hsinchu Science Park Bureau were “false” and constituted slander. Speaking to repo...

Hsinchu, July 6 (CNA) Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) sued Taipei City Councilor Wang Hung-wei (王鴻薇) for slander Wednesday after the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) politician publicly accused Lin of academic plagiarism.

Taipei, July 5 (CNA) Hsinchu City Mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) said Tuesday he would sue Taipei City Councilor Wang Hung-wei (王鴻薇) of the Kuomintang (KMT) for slander, after the councilor accused the mayor of plagiarizing his master's thesis.