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
Taipei, Aug. 9 (CNA) The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Tuesday said that it believes former Hsinchu mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅), who is currently the party's candidate in the Taoyuan mayoral race in November, did not plagiarize his master's thesis when he was enrolled at National Taiwan University (NTU), despite a determination by an academic ethics review committee Tuesday that he did.
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