Sean Lien
Sean Lien Lien Sheng-wen 連勝文 | |
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Sean Lien - Year of 2009 Summer Deaf Olympics Press Conference | |
Member of the Kuomintang's Central Standing Committee | |
Personal details | |
Born | February 4, 1970 (age 44) Tainan Prefecture, Taiwan, Republic of China |
Nationality | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
Relations | Lien Chan (father) Fang Yu (mother) Lian Heng (great-grandfather) |
Alma mater | Fu Jen Catholic University Columbia University Harvard University |
Sean Lien Sheng-wen (traditional Chinese: 連勝文; simplified Chinese: 连胜文; pinyin: Lián Shèngwén; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liân Sèng-bûn; born February 4, 1970 in Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China) is a current member of the Central Standing Committee of the Kuomintang, the current ruling party in Taiwan. He is the former chairman of the Taipei Smart Card Corporation, the company which operates EasyCard, the payment system for the Taipei Metro.
Biography
Lien is the eldest son of Lien Chan, a former chairman of the Kuomintang and former Vice President of the Republic of China. Although military service is required for all males in Taiwan, Sean Lien never served; reasons for his failure to serve have never been made public. [1] He earned a law degree at Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan and a Master of Laws at Columbia University and Harvard University in the United States.[citation needed] graduating from Columbia, he worked in the United States at Credit Suisse and joined Morgan Stanley in 1998.[citation needed] He became a member of the Central Standing Committee of the Kuomintang in 2005. In 2008, Lien was appointed as chairman of the Taipei Smart Card Corporation by Taipei mayor Hau Lung-bin, and helped turned the company around. [citation needed]He resigned the chairmanship in 2010 due to health reasons.[citation needed]
2010 attempted assassination
On the eve of municipal elections November 26, 2010, Sean Lien was shot in the face at close range while campaigning in Yonghe, Taipei County (now New Taipei City). The Banqiao Prosecutors'Office denied that the shooting had been staged.[2]That he suffered no serious damage has been described as a "medical miracle." [3]No details of his treatment nor any of his medical records were made public.[4]
The bullet allegedly entered through Lien's left cheek and exited from his right temple. He was immediately rushed to the National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei. A suspect named Lin Zheng-wei (林正偉) was immediately arrested and questioned by the police. He was alleged to be a local gang member.[5][6]
Police revealed that the 48 year-old suspect had previously been arrested for drug possession. [citation needed]A 29 year-old disabled audience member named Huang Yun-sheng (黃運聖) attending the campaign event was struck in the head by a stray bullet and taken to Cardinal Tien Hospital in Yonghe where he died from his wounds.[7]
Two different statements were made between the gunman and Sean Lien. According to the gunman, he had mistaken Sean Lien for another target Chen Hong-yuan (陳鴻源) who was said to be in a land dispute with him. Though Chen Hong-yuan has denied this, saying he did not know who the gunman was in a press conference.[8] In a different statement, according to Sean Lien, the gunman called his name out and swore at him before firing the shot.[9]
The media has compared this case to the 2004 3-19 shooting incident when president Chen Shui-bian was shot.[10]
See also
- Lian Heng - Great Grandfather of Sean Lien
- Lien Fang Yu - Mother of Sean Lien
- Republic of China municipal elections, 2010
References
- ↑ http://www.newtaiwan.com.tw/bulletinview.jsp?bulletinid=52419
- ↑ http://www.scmp.com/article/733597/sean-lien-shooting-not-staged-prosecutors-say
- ↑ http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20101129000058&cid=1101
- ↑ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/12/03/2003490009
- ↑ http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/taiwan.chan.shooting/
- ↑ http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201011260029&Type=aIPL
- ↑ http://tw.nextmedia.com/rnews/article/ArtID/93533/IssueID/20101126/SecID/101
- ↑ Udn.com. "Udn.com." 兇嫌:認錯人 陳鴻源:大眾認不得我嗎?. Retrieved on 2010-11-13.
- ↑ Chinapost.com.tw. "Chinapost.com.tw." Gunman called my name before he shot me: Sean Lien. Retrieved on 2010-11-27.
- ↑ Mingpao.com. "Mingpao.com." 台今投票 槍案衝擊受關注. Retrieved on 2010-11-27.