Huang Hsien-chou ( Chinese: 黃顯洲; born 28 February 1959) is a Taiwanese engineer and politician. He served in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2002.

Education

Huang attended three primary schools, Chengkung, Lishin, and Kaungfu, graduated from the Jujen Middle School [ zh] and the Provincial Taichung First High School, all in his native Taichung, before enrolling at National Taiwan University, where he studied agricultural engineering. In 1985, Huang earned a master's degree in engineering management from the Illinois Institute of Technology. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Career

Huang was employed by the Taiwan Provincial Government as an engineer and consultant, and served on the second convocation of the National Assembly. He was also a member of Taichung's urban development association, as well as the agricultural and hydraulic affairs association, and an evaluator for the Construction and Planning Agency, a division of the Ministry of the Interior. He held lectureships at Tunghai University and the China College of Engineering and Commerce. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

In 1998, Huang was elected to the Legislative Yuan as a Kuomintang representative of Taichung City, ^{[1] [2]} and also served the Legislative Yuan's Sci-tech and Information Committee as member and convenor. ^{[2] [4]} In September 2001, he published the results of a review into the use of hands-free mobile phone accessories, such as earpieces. ^[5] Huang lost reelection in December 2001. ^{[2] [3] [6]} That same year, he had also participated in primaries to determine the Kuomintang's candidate for the Taichung mayoralty, a position that would be contested during the local elections. ^[7]

During a press conference on 2 January 2002, Huang claimed that he had been kidnapped between 27 and 31 December 2001, and that his captors drugged, restrained, and stole NT$800,000 from him. ^{[2] [8]} Tsai Hsiang-chun led the investigation into the case, ^[9] which involved escort Chan Hui-hua, businessman Yu Hung-tsan, and later, Chan's brother Chan Fu-shun. ^{[3] [6]} Chan Hui-hua claimed that Huang hired her and other women for a sadomasochistic sex party at the Grand Hyatt Taipei, and Chan Fu-shun stated that he had watched Huang take marijuana and MDMA. ^[8] Chan Hui-hua and Yu Hung-tsan were indicted in April 2001, ^[10] and Huang made his first testimony to the Taipei District Court that June. ^[11] Legal proceedings lasted five years, and ended with the Supreme Court sentencing Chan Hui-hua to seven years and six months imprisonment and Yu Hung-tsan to seven years imprisonment. ^[12]

Personal life

Huang Hsien-chou is married to Wang Liang-yue. ^[13] His sister Huang Chiao-ling was killed by a drunk driver in 2012. Another sister, Huang Hsin-hui [ zh], has served on the Taichung City Council. ^{[14] [15]} His nephew is Sean Liao.

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