Source: Global Network
[ Global Network report] According to Taiwan’s Zhongshi News Network on the 12th, Chen Mingtong, the head of Taiwan’s security department, claimed that the paper plagiarism case of former Hsinchu Mayor Lin Zhijian was an “unjust case”. Taipei City’s 3rd District (Zhongshan, Legislator-elect Wang Hongwei of Beisongshan said on the 11th that Chen Mingtong was too exaggerated and was basically a scum in the academic world. DPP Taipei City Councilor Wang Shijian also criticized that there will be students as there are teachers, and Chen Mingtong should "take care of himself."
reported that Taiwan's "Legislative Yuan" continues to negotiate the 2023 general budget. When reviewing proposals related to the security department budget on the 10th, the Kuomintang caucus proposed that Chen Mingtong had lied to cover up Lin Zhijian's plagiarism case when he was the director and professor of the National Development Institute of National Taiwan University. Chen Mingtong was required to formally apologize to the public and resign immediately.
Chen Mingtong was dissatisfied with the proposal and retorted, "Lin Zhijian's case is definitely an 'unjust case'. I can't accept such a thing." Ke Jianming, the chief convener of the Democratic Progressive Party's "Legislative Yuan" caucus, expressed his approval.
In response to Chen Mingtong's statement, DPP Taipei City Councilor Wang Shijian asked Chen Mingtong to "take care of himself" on the 11th, and also sarcastically said that students will be just like the teachers they have.
Wang Hongwei said on the 11th that Chen Mingtong has exaggerated to the extreme and is unbelievable. He has corrupted academic ethics and is basically a scum in the academic world. National Taiwan University really needs to deal with Chen Mingtong as soon as possible. She also wants to see how the DPP "legislators" handle the budget of the security department. Will she agree with Chen Mingtong's statement? Will you support the budget proposed by the security department?
According to previous reports by Taiwanese media, Chen Mingtong, who was the director of the National Development Institute of National Taiwan University, mentored 173 masters and doctoral students in his scholar career. Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wencan and former Hsinchu Mayor Lin Zhijian had their degrees revoked due to plagiarism in their papers. You Zhibin of the New Party broke the news on December 6, 2022 that Chen Mingtong used the same material to ask students to write papers. Nine people had the same papers, suspected of "eating nine of the same materials." Taiwan's Zhongshi News Network further broke the news on the 8th that the 20 master's and doctoral theses that Chen Mingtong supervised or served as an oral examination committee were actually split from the same survey data, which is like "one fish and 20 to eat", and the author of the paper "is either powerful or noble."
Students mentored by Chen Mingtong were exposed to plagiarism in their papers one after another. Lan Ying previously called for Chen Mingtong to resign immediately. Even Democratic Progressive Party "legislator" Luo Zhizheng also said that Chen Mingtong should go to National Taiwan University to explain the quality of the students' papers that Chen Mingtong mentored. However, given his current status, this problem is very big and it is necessary to consider whether he should stay or leave. DPP "legislator" Xu Zhijie suggested that Chen Mingtong "consider apologizing and resigning." DPP "legislator" Gao Jiayu , who was once a student of Chen Mingtong, said that the administrative department is expected to be reorganized after the year and believes that Chen Mingtong will step down soon.
