National Taiwan University’s (NTU) academic ethics committee yesterday recommended that former Hsinchu mayor Lin Chih-chien’s (林智堅) master’s degree be revoked, saying that he had plagiarized the work of another graduate student. The recommendation was later approved by the university’s Office of Academic Affairs.
University president Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔) said that the incident has severely harmed the university’s reputation.
“The university already had rules governing the handling of plagiarism in student theses and an investigation was launched immediately after we were informed about the plagiarism allegations,” Kuan said, rejecting accusations that the university deliberately delayed a probe.
Su Hung-dah (蘇宏達), dean of the College
DUPLICATED MISTAKES: An NTU committee said the structure of the two theses is the same, while Lin Chih-chien said evidence he submitted had not been acceptedBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporter