{{Short description|Taiwanese politician (1935–1998)}} '''Su Chiu-cheng''' ({{zh|t=蘇秋鎮}}; 1935–1998) was a Taiwanese politician. Until 1972, he was a practicing lawyer. Su was affiliated with the tangwai movement throughout his political career, and served as a member of the Legislative Yuan between 1981 and 1984.
==Career== Su practiced rights law until he was convicted of embezzlement and disbarred in 1972.<ref name="hz">{{cite journal |author1=Han Zhu |title=Law-Oriented Lawyering vs Political Lawyering: A Comparative Study of China, Taiwan and South Korea |journal=Hong Kong Law Journal |date=December 2018 |volume=48 |issue=2 |ssrn=3275049 |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3275049}}</ref> He became involved in politics as a legal consultant for political candidates affiliated with the tangwai movement.<ref name="hz"/> Su worked for Yu Teng-fa before participating in the 1979 Kaohsiung incident.<ref name="prisonerfeature">{{cite news |last1=Tseng |first1=Wei-chen |title=FEATURE: Days of political prisoner legislators near their end |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/07/24/2003509014 |accessdate=13 August 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=24 July 2011}}</ref> He came to the attention of the Taiwan Garrison Command during the demonstrations,<ref name="natpa">{{cite news |last1=Liao |first1=Shutsung |title=A Record of NATPA's First Decade (1980-1990) |url=http://www.natpa.org/natpa_publications/NATPA-Decade/Second%20Decade%20of%20NATPA.pdf |accessdate=13 August 2020 |publisher=(North America Taiwanese Professors’ Association |date=May 2009}}</ref><ref name="lessons">{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Shiao-feng |title=Lessons from the Kaohsiung Incident |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2003/12/10/2003079061 |accessdate=13 August 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=10 December 2003}}</ref> and was subsequently arrested.<ref name="prisonerfeature"/><ref name="natpa"/> Su was released on bail and permitted to campaign for a legislative seat during the 1980 elections.<ref name="prisonerfeature"/> He won a seat on the Legislative Yuan representing Kaohsiung.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Election Results |journal=Taiwan Communiqué |date=December 1980 |issue=1 |page=1 |url=http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc01-int.pdf}}</ref> The seventh issue of ''Mingjen'', a tangwai-affiliated magazine, was banned in October 1982, partly because it had covered a press conference attended by Su in Tokyo.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Freedom of the press? |journal=Taiwan Communiqué |date=January 1983 |issue=10 |page=36 |url=http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc10-int.pdf}}</ref> In 1983, Su questioned interior minister Lin Yang-kang about the lifting of martial law in Taiwan.<ref>{{cite news |title=SPEAHRhead #19 Autumn 1983 |url=https://archive.org/stream/Speahrhead19Autumn1983/Speahrhead19_djvu.txt |work=Spearhead |date=1983}}</ref> Su supported a number of legislative candidates during the 1986 election cycle, all of whom lost their bids for political office.<ref>{{cite journal |title=A brief analysis of the overall results |journal=Taiwan Communiqué |issue=23 |page=8 |date=January 1986 |url=https://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc23-int.pdf}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Su, Chiu-cheng}} Category:1935 births Category:1998 deaths Category:Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Category:Kaohsiung Members of the Legislative Yuan Category:Prisoners and detainees of Taiwan Category:Taiwanese prisoners and detainees Category:20th-century Taiwanese lawyers Category:Human rights lawyers Category:Politicians convicted of embezzlement Category:Disbarred lawyers Category:Taiwanese politicians convicted of fraud Category:Taiwanese people of Hoklo descent