Lee Wo-shih explained

Lee Wo-shih
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Office1:Magistrate of Kinmen County
Deputy1:Wu You-qin[1]
Term Start1:20 December 2009
Term End1:25 December 2014
Predecessor1:Lee Chu-feng
Successor1:Chen Fu-hai[2]
Birth Place:Kinmen, Fujian
Nationality:Republic of China
Party:Kuomintang
Alma Mater:National Cheng Kung University
Ming Chuan University
Xiamen University

Lee Wo-shih (; born 1 April 1960) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Kinmen County from 20 December 2009 until 25 December 2014.[3]

Political career

On 12 January 2008, he joined the 2008 Republic of China legislative election as an independent candidate from Kinmen constituency. However, he lost the election.

No.CandidatePartyVotesRatioResult
1Chen Fu-haiIndependent9,91237.31%
2Lee Wo-shihIndependent5,27419.85%
3Gao Sian Teng (高絃騰)Civil Party390.15%
4Hu Wei Sheng (胡偉生)Independent1,0704.03%
5Tang Huei Pei (唐惠霈)Democratic Progressive Party4311.62%
6Wu Cherng-deanKuomintang (New Party Endorsement)9,83837.04%

Kinmen County Magistrate

2009 Kinmen County Magistrate election

Lee was elected as the Magistrate of Kinmen County after winning the 2009 Republic of China local election under the Kuomintang on 5 December 2009 and took office on 20 December 2009.[4]

Cross-strait marriages

On 10 October 2010, Li presided over a group of cross-strait marriages featuring several couples between Taiwanese and Chinese mainland people. The marriage was done to celebrate the national day of the Republic of China. The wedding ceremony featured traditional rites, such as parade floats and the couple sitting in palanquins and on horses.[5]

Duty-free island Kinmen

In mid June 2013 speaking at an economic forum organized by Taiwan Competitiveness Forum and attended by people from Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China, Li proposed Kinmen to be developed as duty-free island to boost tourism and the local economy. Kinmen can attract some of the 41.24 million tourists visiting the nearby Xiamen city last year to the island. Li had also asked the central ROC government to grant Chinese mainland tourists multiple-entry visas for Kinmen, and also asked Beijing to ease the current Kinmen one-day tour restrictions to two or three days.[6] [7]

Deminers memorial park opening ceremony

Speaking during the opening ceremony of a memorial park to commemorate the mine-laying activities in end of March 2014, Li said that Kinmen is no longer a place with full of buried mines, but it is a tourist spot featuring beautiful coastlines and historical relics from wartime.[8]

Water supply from mainland China

Speaking during the official visit of Fujian Communist Party Chief You Quan to Kinmen in mid-July 2014, Li asked You for a drop in price of the water supply from mainland China to Kinmen, in which it will connect Longhu Reservoir in Xiamen to Tienpu Reservoir in Kinmen. The current water price set by mainland China is CNY 2 per 1,000 liters.[9]

2014 Kinmen County Magistrate election

Lee lost to independent Chen Fu-hai in the 2014 Kinmen County magistrate election held on 29 November 2014.

2014 Kinmen County Magistrate Election Result
width=35No.width=180Candidatewidth=120Partywidth=75Voteswidth=75Percentagewidth=49
1Su Long-ke (蘇龍科)Independent4701.03%
2Lei You-jing (雷由靖)Independent1320.29%
3Chen Fu-haiIndependent23,96552.77%
4Lee Wo-shihKMT15,14633.35%
5Wang Cheng-hua (汪成華)The Guarantee of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Budget e-Union4030.89%
6Hong Zhi-heng (洪志恒)Independent6361.40%
7Zhuang Yu-min (莊育民)Independent2360.52%
8Lin Suei-Chuan (林水泉)Independent2400.53%
9Shiu Nai-chiuan (許乃權)Independent3,8348.44%
10Yang Rong-xiang (楊榮祥)Independent3540.78%

Legal judgments

In 2017, the Kinmen branch of the Fuchien High Court found that Lee had violated the Anti-Corruption Act. An appellate ruling by the same court in 2021 reversed the decision. Following an appeal to the Supreme Court, the Kinmen Fuchien High Court ruled in 2024 that Lee was guilty, and sentenced him to 90 months imprisonment.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: China agrees to supply Kinmen Island with water . Taipei Times . 2013-11-05 . 2013-11-11.
  2. Web site: Polls open for 9-in-1 local government elections.
  3. Web site: Magistrate Li Delivered "Fo-Tie", and Invited Tourists To Visit Kinmen . Kinmen.gov.tw . 2013-11-11.
  4. Web site: Taipei Times.
  5. Web site: Kinmen to hold cross-Straits group wedding on Oct. 10 - What's On Xiamen . Whatsonxiamen.com . 2010-10-09 . 2014-05-18.
  6. Web site: Commissioner of Kinmen proposes ‘duty-free islands’ . Taipei Times . 2014-05-12 . 2014-05-18.
  7. Web site: Kinmen commissioner Li Wo-shi proposes 'duty-free islands' - What's On Xiamen . Whatsonxiamen.com . 2013-06-13 . 2014-05-18.
  8. Web site: Demining efforts completed in Kinmen County.
  9. Web site: Kinmen seeks lower price in cross-strait water transport deal.
  10. News: Hung . Hsueh-kuang . Wu . Kuan-hsien . Ex-Kinmen magistrate gets 90 months for accepting NT$1 million bribe . 29 June 2024 . Central News Agency . 13 June 2024.