NPP calls out KMT lawmaker over his thesisBy Wu Su-wei and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerNew Power Party (NPP) Chairman Hsu Yung-ming (徐永明) yesterday called for the recusal of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Cheng Cheng-chien (鄭正鈐) from the Legislative Yuan’s Education and Culture Committee, saying that Cheng is facing allegations of plagiarism and could be the subject of a Ministry of Education investigation. Cheng, together with the KMT, should issue a public apology to Hsinchu County voters, Hsu said at a news conference in Taipei. Former NPP legislator Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) said at a news conference last week that Cheng had plagiarized 50 percent of his doctoral thesis at Chung Hwa University. New Power Party Chairman Hsu Yung-ming, second left, holds a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday, accusing Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Cheng Cheng-chien of plagiarism. Chinese-language magazine Mirror Media on Thursday last week said that Lee plagiarized 96 percent of her master’s thesis.

Source: Taipei Times July 28, 2020 15:56 UTC