The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taoyuan mayoral candidate Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) yesterday denied allegations that he plagiarized his two theses at a news conference in Taipei, where he was accompanied by a lawyer.
The accusations against Lin, who obtained two master’s degrees, were first made on July 5 by Taipei City Councilor Wang Hung-wei (王鴻薇) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT). Wang said that Lin’s master’s thesis from his studies at Chung Hua University plagiarized a report commissioned by the Hsinchu Science Park Administration.
Political commentator Huang Yang-ming (黃揚明) on the same day also said he had found “striking similarities” between the
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Recent allegations that former Hsinchu mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) plagiarized his 2008 and 2017 master’s theses have exposed some strange phenomena in Taiwan’s graduate schools. If the Ministry of Education cannot tackle those problems, the institutions might turn into diploma mills, opening the back door for people of elevated importance.
First, due to Taiwan’s low birthrate, graduate schools have been grappling with declining student enrollment. In the past few years, some of them have discontinued written entry tests or lowered the standards for applicants. Some master’s programs have replaced them with application reviews and oral interviews. Thus, when the number of
On Thursday last week, Taipei City Councilor Wang Hung-wei (王鴻薇) visited the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office to file a lawsuit accusing Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) and his former thesis adviser at Chung Hua University of contravening the Copyright Act (著作權法). Wang said she also intended to accuse Lin of misappropriating and plagiarizing state property.
With regard to this case, it must be said that Wang has some misunderstandings about copyright.
First, the lawful complainant in a criminal case under the act is the copyright owner or exclusive licensee, whereas Wang is neither of these. Wang’s filing of this lawsuit might