A dispute over former Hsinchu mayor Lin Chih-chien’s (林智堅) master’s thesis was settled on Friday through mediation at the Taipei District Court.
Yu Cheng-huang (余正煌), who accused Lin of copying his work, withdrew his lawsuits after Lin agreed to make a donation to charity.
Lin and Yu attended the mediation session and reached an agreement after three hours.
Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times
Lawyers for the two said that Lin and Yu spoke to each other for about 40 minutes.
The judge said that both parties had agreed that Yu would withdraw his two lawsuits and Lin would donate NT$300,000 to a charitable organization.
Both parties issued a joint statement through their lawyers that outlined the details of the donation and specified that Yu would withdraw his lawsuits, one of which was over alleged contraventions of the Copyright Act (著作權法) and a later one for aggravated defamation.
Both parties agreed not to discuss their dispute in public and there would be no further litigation on the matter, the statement said.
Yu’s attorney Wu Chun-ta (吳俊達) said the mediation process went smoothly and both men showed sincerity in reaching the settlement.
Lin’s attorney Hu Chung-wei (胡中瑋) said it was good for the two men to speak face-to-face as it led to an amicable agreement.
The two apologized for the disruption to society arising from the litigation, Hu said.
Yu in September last year accused Lin, who was the Democratic Progressive Party’s Taoyuan mayoral candidate at the time, of plagiarizing his master’s thesis from National Taiwan University (NTU).
Both men had written master’s theses at NTU’s Graduate Institute of National Development.
The university in August last year revoked Lin’s degree and Lin dropped out of the Taoyuan race a few days later.
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