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Suspended Hsinchu Mayor Gets Reduced Sentence of 6 Months for Defamation Accusation

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Suspended Hsinchu mayor gets reduced sentence of 6 months for defamation accusation

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Gao Hongan's Sentence for False Accusation Increased to Six Months After Second Trial

Hsinchu City Mayor Gao Hongan, who is currently suspended, sued US-based professor Chen Shifen after the professor accused her of plagiarism in her doctoral thesis. After the lawsuit failed, the professor then accused Gao Hongan of false accusation. Gao Hongan was sentenced to 10 months in prison in the first instance. The High Court announced its second instance verdict on the 31st, holding that Gao Hongan's overall misdeeds did not reach the s…

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Taipei Times broke the news in Taipei, Taiwan on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.
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