Sean Lien

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Sean Lien
Lien Sheng-wen

連勝文
Sean Lien - Year of 2009 Summer Deaf Olympics Press Conference
Member of the Kuomintang's Central Standing Committee
Personal details
Born February 4, 1970 (1970-02-04) (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: ; 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]

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