Kuo Ting-tsai

Kuo Ting-tsai (Chinese: 郭廷才; pinyin: Guō Tíngcái; 28 September 1936 – 9 April 2015) was a Taiwanese politician.

Kuo Ting-tsai
郭廷才
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1993 – 31 January 2002
ConstituencyPingtung County
Personal details
Born(1936-09-28)28 September 1936
Tōkō, Takao Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (today Donggang, Pingtung, Taiwan)
Died9 April 2015(2015-04-09) (aged 78)
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang

He was born in Donggang, Pingtung, where he began his political career as mayor. He was later elected to four consecutive terms on the Pingtung County Council, including three as council speaker, and served on the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2002 as a representative of Pingtung County.[1] Kuo was charged with breach of trust, fraud and falsification of documentation in September 1999, as the Pingtung County Prosecutors' Office investigated Kuo for actions taken during his leadership of Tungkang Credit Cooperative from 1992 to 1999.[2] In November 2000, Kuo was sentenced to a prison term of twelve years.[3] He ran for reelection in 2001, but was unable to retain his legislative seat.[1] In February 2005, Kuo left for China, and was traced to Zhongshan in November 2010, when he was repatriated.[4]

Kuo died of cancer complications in April 2015, aged 78.[1]

References
  1. "台湾前"立委"郭廷才80岁病逝 结束传奇一生" (in Chinese). NetEase. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. "Legislator faces fraud charges". Taipei Times. 4 September 1999. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. Lin, Irene (19 November 2000). "KMT legislator gets 12 years for embezzling". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. Chang, Rich (8 February 2011). "FEATURE: Cross-strait crime-fighting pact paying off: prosecutor". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 April 2017.


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