The full statement of Yu Zhenghuang's lawyers.

(Photographed by reporter Zhang Wenchuan)

Discuss the "legally appropriate disposal method" for Chen Mingtong

[Reporter Zhang Wenchuan/Taipei Report] Former Hsinchu Mayor Lin Zhijian said last night that he would not file an administrative lawsuit against Chung Hwa University for revoking his master’s degree, and decided to withdraw his appeal to the Ministry of Education for Taiwan University’s master’s degree; Yu Zhenghuang, the investigator of the investigation bureau who violated the copyright law, and his legal team Zhang Youqi, Wu Junda, and Zeng Weikai responded in a statement today, believing that Lin Zhijian did not express any apology to Yu Zhenghuang in his statement, so the copyright and aggravated defamation proceedings will continue. There will be no change due to Lin's withdrawal of the appeal; the legal team will also discuss with Yu Zhenghuang the "legally appropriate disposal method" for the dissertation supervisor Chen Mingtong.

The statement pointed out that regarding the case of Mr. Lin Zhijian withdrawing his petition to the Ministry of Education against Taiwan University because it involved the rights of Yu Zhenghuang, the legal team responded as follows:

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1. On September 14th, Yu Zhenghuang applied to participate in the appeal in accordance with Article 28, Item 2 of the Appeal Law. In order to express his magnanimity to the paper incident, Lin Zhijian’s withdrawal of the appeal has demonstrated that "Taiwan University recognized his paper Plagiarism" is true.

2. Because Lin Zhijian’s statement did not mention how to deal with the lawsuit with Yu Zhenghuang, nor did he express any apology to Yu Zhenghuang in the full text, the judgment of Lin Zhijian’s statement still puts politics and election conditions as his priority.

Therefore, Yu Zhenghuang's self-prosecution of Lin Zhijian's copyright (under trial by the Taipei District Court) and aggravated defamation (under investigation by the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office) will continue to complete the follow-up legal procedures, and there will be no change due to Lin Zhijian's withdrawal of the petition.

3. Because of the teacher-student friendship between Yu Zhenghuang and Professor Chen Mingtong, Yu Zhenghuang repeatedly tolerated Professor Chen Mingtong's reversal of right and wrong, which in turn damaged Yu Zhenghuang's rights and reputation.

However, after Lin Zhijian withdrew his petition, he even slandered Yu Zhenghuang in the form of a lawyer's statement, and even blew himself up in disregard of other students' rights and interests. The lawyer team is deeply regretful and will discuss it with Yu Zhenghuang in detail. Decide on the legally appropriate method of disposal.