Tuan Yi-kang

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Tuan (段).

Tuan Yi-kang MLY
段宜康
Man in gray pinstriped shirt standing with right hand raised in front of a podium and microphone stand Tuan in October 2015
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2012
Constituency	Republic of China
In office 1 February 2002 – 1 February 2005
Constituency	Taipei 2nd
Personal details
Born	(1963-11-14) 14 November 1963 Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwanese
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Alma mater	National Taiwan University
Occupation	Politician

Tuan Yi-kang (Chinese: 段宜康; born 14 November 1963) is Taiwanese politician. A former leader of the Democratic Progressive Party's now-abolished New Tide faction, he has served on the party's Central Standing Committee, the Taipei City Council and the Legislative Yuan.

Education

Tuan was born in Taipei, graduated from Ta-Chih Junior High School and Chung Kung Senior High School, before attending National Taiwan University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in political science.

Political career

Tuan started his political career by working for legislators Lu Hsiu-yi, Hung Chi-chang and Yeh Chu-lan. He was Kao Chih-peng's campaign manager in Kao's 1993 run for Penghu County Magistrate. In 1994, Tuan was elected to the Taipei City Council, and served until 2002. Tuan took office in the Legislative Yuan later that year, and stepped down in 2005. He was the chief convener of the New Tide faction, before it was officially dissolved in 2006. In 2008, Tuan served within the Democratic Progressive Party as deputy secretary-general. He ran against Kuomintang incumbent Lin Yu-fang in the 2008 legislative elections and lost. Tuan was elected to the DPP Central Standing Committee in 2010. He contested the 2012 legislative elections as a candidate for Taipei's second district, but later withdrew from the district party primary. He won a seat in the Legislative Yuan through the proportional representation ballot. He was also reelected to the CSC. Tuan was placed on the proportional representation list again for the 2016 elections, and won an at-large seat.

Controversy

Lien Chan's daughter Lien Hui-hsin sued Tuan for slander in 2004, for alleging that she had helped her father commit tax evasion.

Tuan claimed in January 2015 that President Ma Ying-jeou illegally accepted NT$200 million from various businesspeople during his 2008 presidential campaign. Later that month Ma filed a lawsuit against Tuan for NT$10 million. In February 2016, the Taipei District Court ordered Tuan to pay Ma NT$600,000.

In December 2015, Tuan accused Wang Ju-hsuan of improperly profiting in the real estate market by acquiring multiple properties intended to house military families. Wang sued Tuan for defamation, but the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office dropped the case, and also found that none of Wang's real estate deals were illegal.