Yu Zhenghuang accused Lin Zhijian of plagiarizing the thesis. The Taipei District Court convened the preparatory court for the first time this afternoon. Two lawyers Wu Junda (left) and Zhang Youqi (right) appeared in the court.

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[Reporter Zhang Wenchuan/Taipei Report] Yu Zhenghuang, investigator of the Hsinchu City Investigation Station of the Bureau of Investigation, sued former Hsinchu Mayor Lin Zhijian for plagiarizing his master's thesis at the Institute of National Development and Development of National Taiwan University. This afternoon, the preparatory court was held for the first time, and the defendant Lin Zhijian was summoned to appear in court. It is reported that Yu Zhenghuang will appoint lawyers Wu Junda, Zhang Youqi, and Zeng Weikai to appear in court. Lawyer Zhang Youqi said that he will submit a complaint to the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office in the afternoon to accuse Lin Zhijian of aggravated defamation.

The National Taiwan University Academic Ethics Review Committee found that Lin Zhijian’s master’s thesis of the National Taiwan University’s National Development Institute on August 9 last year plagiarized Yu Zhenghuang’s thesis and revoked his master’s degree; Yu Zhenghuang believed that Lin Zhijian did not apologize or clarify afterwards. On September 29, he filed a private criminal prosecution with the North Court, accusing Lin Zhijian of violating the Copyright Law.

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Judge Zhang Dekuan of the Taipei District Court summoned Yu Zhenghuang's litigation representatives to hold two investigation courts. After clarifying the identity of the defendant, specific facts, and jurisdiction, he believed that the procedural requirements for private prosecution were met, and entered the substantive trial stage. Today, the court is preparing for the first trial as the defendant. Lin Zhijian was summoned to appear in court.

On the eve of the trial, Yu Zhenghuang posted on Facebook late last night that "the party, is the joint company going to attack me? It doesn't matter, I won't be worse, and if I want to fight, I will come", which caused shock.

It is reported that Yu Zhenghuang will not appear in court today, and a team of lawyers will be appointed to fight in court.

Yu's lawyer, Zhang Youqijin, said that after the court hearing of the private prosecution copyright case, he will file a criminal defamation complaint at the Beijing Procuratorate, accusing Lin Zhijian of aggravating defamation. Give Yu the first draft of the thesis, slander Yu's thesis copied from Lin Zhijian, and hurt Yu's reputation, so Lin should be sued for aggravated defamation.

It is pointed out that Yu Zhenghuang has previously sued 30 netizens who accused him of plagiarism without factual basis to the Beijing Procuratorate for aggravated defamation, and the Beijing Procuratorate is investigating.