Institute sues TPP lawmaker over dissertationCOUNTERACCUSATION: The TPP’s Kao Hung-an said the Institute for Information Industry was aware that she was pursuing a degree at a university in the USStaff writer, with CNAThe government-funded Institute for Information Industry yesterday said that it has filed a criminal lawsuit against Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Legislator Kao Hung-an (高虹安) for allegedly improperly using copyrighted institute material in her doctoral dissertation. Institute for Information Industry president Cho Cheng-hung attends a meeting of the legislature’s Economics Committee in Taipei yesterday. The institute has accused Kao of using passages from copyrighted research reports that she coauthored when working at the institute in her doctoral dissertation at the University of Cincinnati without crediting the institute. The institute said its lawyer on Oct. 13 sent Kao a letter demanding that she explain her actions and offer solutions. Members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have accused Kao of plagiarism, copyright infringement and improper citation, but critics have dismissed their claims as politically motivated.

Source: Taipei Times October 27, 2022 03:18 UTC