Lin Shih-chi (; born 2 August 1939) is a Taiwanese politician who served on the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan () is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a ...

from 1987 to 1990, and the

Control Yuan The Control Yuan is the supervisory and auditory branch of the government of the Republic of China, both during its time in mainland China and Taiwan. Designed as a hybrid of auditor and ombudsman by Taiwanese law, the Control Yuan holds th ...

from 1999 to 2005.

Education and early career

After earning a bachelor's and master's degree in law from

National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; zh, t=國立臺灣大學, poj=Kok-li̍p Tâi-oân Tāi-ha̍k, p=, s=) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 1928 during Taiwan under J ...

, Lin worked as a lawyer and served as president of the ''

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''.

Political career

Lin was a member of the

between 1987 and 1990. In 1999, he was appointed to the

, stepping down in 2005. As a member of the Control Yuan, Lin was active in a task force called to investigate

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's finances shortly before the 2000 presidential election, in which Soong was a candidate. In August 2000, Lin helped impeach education minister

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, giving several public statements on the case, which found that Tzeng was a dual citizen of Taiwan and the United States while working at public universities in Taiwan. During Lin's tenure on the Control Yuan, he began a long investigation into the 1992 purchase of

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jet fighters from France. In 2001, Lin probed the cancellation of the

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construction that had occurred the previous year. Other investigations into the environment and public safety have led to censure of the

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in 2001, and three other government agencies in 2002, for inadequate responses to drought conditions the island faced that year. In September, Lin, Lee Shen-yi, and Chao Ron-yaw censured the

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, which was found to have sent 40 percent of Taiwan's total foreign investment to China, leading to economic recession and increasing unemployment. The next month, Lin found that miscommunication between the

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and the

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made the defection of

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Lieutenant Wang Yi-hung possible, and issued censures to both agencies. In 2003, Lin issued a decision on the

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's attempt to repossess government property that was being occupied illegally, censuring the ministry for following outdated regulations, which in turn caused the repossession process to be inefficient. Later that year, Lin initiated an investigation into Taipei mayor

Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou ( zh, t=馬英九; pinyin: ''Mǎ Yīngjiǔ''; ; born 13 July 1950) is a Taiwanese politician, lawyer, and legal scholar who served as the sixth president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT ...

's relationship with

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Lin brought Ma in for questioning again in 2004, this time over the use of public billboards in support of Taipei City Government spokesman Wu Yu-sheng's 2004 legislative bid. The Kuomintang nominated Lin for a second term on the Control Yuan in 2007, but he was not selected.

Personal life

Lin's son became the second chairman of the

Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee The Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee (CIPAS; zh, t=不當黨產處理委員會, p=Bùdāng Dǎngchǎn Chǔlǐ Wěiyuánhuì) is an independent government agency of Taiwan established in 2016 by the Act on Promoting Transitional Justic ...

in September 2017. Lin's nephew Lin Hui-huang is a judge.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Shih-chi 1939 births Living people National Taiwan University alumni 20th-century Taiwanese lawyers Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Taiwanese members of the Control Yuan Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Yunlin County Members of the Legislative Yuan Chiayi City Members of the Legislative Yuan Chiayi County Members of the Legislative Yuan Tainan Members of the Legislative Yuan