Former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislator Chiu Yi (邱毅) yesterday said alleged plagiarism by new DPP vice presidential candidate Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) was “recognized by the court,” citing former China Times editor-in-chief Hsia Chen (夏珍), who was sued by Chen in 2007 over an editorial discussing the issue.
Chiu said that National Taiwan University’s (NTU) Academic Honesty Evaluation Committee in 2007 ruled that a paper submitted by an NTU doctor, and co-authored by Chen and then-National Taiwan University Hospital vice president Yang Pan-chyr (楊泮池), contained plagiarized material, ruling that the doctor could not be reappointed for five years.
Chiu said Chen filed a slander suit against the China Times’ top editors over the editorial, which accused him of plagiarism.
Chiu cited Hsia’s words, which she reportedly posted on Facebook on Tuesday, saying that the judge denounced Chen for taking legal action “when the journal affirmed the plagiarism” and ruled against Chen.
“We can therefore conclude that the court attested the existence of the fact concerning the plagiarism,” Chiu said.
Lawyer Lu Chiu-yuan (呂秋遠) said Chiu’s account was problematic.
The reason the court ruled against Chen was not because the plagiarism was confirmed, but because the court believed that Chen is a public figure and freedom of the press has to be protected when discussing public affairs.
Lu said Chiu had been called “political garbage” by writer Jiu Ba-dao (九把刀), with Chiu launching a suit over the comments, which was not upheld in court.
“Can we then say that you are political garbage as recognized by the court?” Lu said.
According to the committee’s report, which was cited by the court in the Chen case, the committee found that “the paper cited [its references] in its introduction and the method, but had a different conclusion.”
“In terms of English [writing], there was indeed plagiarism,” it said.
The court said that while there was plagiarism in the English text of the paper, it was “not deliberate and not serious.”
Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Monday announced Chen as her running mate for the Jan. 16 election.
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