About Wang Ching-feng
Born 1952. Wang Ching-feng is a Taiwanese and Chinese human rights defender and archaeologist.
Wang Tsing-fong (; born 1 January 1952 in Tainan City) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician.
Education Wang graduated from the Taipei First Girls' High School and received her bachelor's and master's degrees in law from National Chengchi University.
Early career Wang has been working as a lawyer since graduation. Since 1987, she has been organising activities to give legal support to help Taiwanese comfort women, child prostitutes, and rape victims.
Political career She was nominated as a member of the Control Yuan by President Lee Teng-hui, serving in this position from April 1993 to October 1995.
In October 1995, Wang resigned her Control Yuan position and accepted the invitation from Chen Li-an to be his partner in their 1996 ROC Presidential Election campaign. They finished last among the four candidates, winning 9.98% of the vote.
In 2004, as an independent, Wang served as a member in the highly controversial 3-19 Shooting Investigation Committee organised by the pan-blue coalition after its loss in the 2004 ROC Presidential election. In 2005 Wang secured a seat in the National Assembly of the Republic of China after the led by Chang Ya-chung, her recommending party, won 1.68% vote in the 2005 Republic of China National Assembly election and thereby secured five seats. Wang resigned her seat immediately upon taking office.
ROC Justice Ministry Wang was nominated by President Ma Ying-jeou to be Minister of Justice after he won the 2008 ROC Presidential Election. On 10 March 2010, Wang announced that she is in favour of the eventual abolition of the death penalty; she emphasised that she would not allow any executions during her tenure. Her speech aroused public protests led by relatives of murder victims, such as the entertainer Pai Bing-bing (whose daughter was kidnapped and murdered in 1997). There were calls for her to step down. Wang quit her ministerial position the next day.
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Who is Wang Ching-feng?
Taiwanese lawyer and politician
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Wang Ching-feng was born on 1 January 1952 in Tainan.
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Wang Ching-feng is a human rights defender and archaeologist.
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Wang Ching-feng is Taiwanese and Chinese.
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