Sean Lien
Sean Lien Sheng-wen (traditional Chinese: 連勝文; simplified Chinese: 连胜文; pinyin: Lián Shèngwén; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liân Sèng-bûn; born February 4, 1970 in Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China) is a current member of the Central Standing Committee of the Kuomintang, the current ruling party in Taiwan. He is the former chairman of the Taipei Smart Card Corporation, the company which operates EasyCard, the payment system for the Taipei Metro.
Biography
Lien is the eldest son of Lien Chan, a former chairman of the Kuomintang and former Vice President of Republic of China. He earned a law degree at Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan and a Master of Laws at Columbia University and Harvard University in the United States.[citation needed] After graduating from Columbia, he worked in the United States at Credit Suisse and joined Morgan Stanley in 1998.[citation needed] He became a member of the Central Standing Committee of the Kuomintang in 2005. In 2008, Lien was appointed as chairman of the Taipei Smart Card Corporation by Taipei mayor Hau Lun-bin, and helped turned the company around. He resigned the chairmanship in 2010 due to health reasons.
2010 attempted assassination
On the eve of municipal elections November 26, 2010, Sean Lien was shot in the face at close range while campaigning in Yonghe, Taipei County (now New Taipei City). The bullet entered through Lien's left cheek and exited from his right temple. He was immediately rushed to the National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei. The shooting is not believed to be life-threatening. A suspect named Lin Zheng-wei (林正偉) was immediately arrested and questioned by the police. He is known to be a local gang member.[1][2]
Police revealed that the 48 year-old suspect had previously been arrested for drug possession. A 29 year-old disabled audience member named Huang Yun-sheng (黃運聖) attending the campaign event was struck in the head by a stray bullet and taken to Cardinal Tien Hospital in Yonghe where he died from his wounds.[3]
Two different statements were made between the gunman and Sean Lien. According to the gunman, he had mistaken Sean Lien for another target Chen Hong-yuan (陳鴻源) who was said to be in a land dispute with him. Though Chen Hong-yuan has denied this, saying he did not know who the gunman was in a press conference.[4] In a different statement, according to Sean Lien, the gunman called his name out and swore at him before firing the shot.[5]
The media has compared this case to the 2004 3-19 shooting incident when president Chen Shui-bian was shot. [6]
See also
- Lian Heng - Grandfather of Sean Lien
- Lien Fang Yu - Mother of Sean Lien
- Republic of China municipal elections, 2010
References
- ^ http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/taiwan.chan.shooting/
- ^ http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201011260029&Type=aIPL
- ^ http://tw.nextmedia.com/rnews/article/ArtID/93533/IssueID/20101126/SecID/101
- ^ Udn.com. "Udn.com." 兇嫌：認錯人 陳鴻源：大眾認不得我嗎？. Retrieved on 2010-11-13.
- ^ Chinapost.com.tw. "Chinapost.com.tw." Gunman called my name before he shot me: Sean Lien. Retrieved on 2010-11-27.
- ^ Mingpao.com. "Mingpao.com." 台今投票 槍案衝擊受關注. Retrieved on 2010-11-27.
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