Yu Lin-ya

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yu.
Yu Lin-ya
余玲雅
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1996 – 31 January 1999
ConstituencyKaohsiung County
In office
1 February 1993 – 31 January 1996
ConstituencyRepublic of China
Personal details
Born (1950-06-29) 29 June 1950 (age 74)
NationalityTaiwanese
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
RelationsYu Cheng-hsien, Yu Jane-daw (brothers)
ParentYu Chen Yueh-ying (mother)
Alma materNational Chengchi University
National Sun Yat-sen University

Yu Lin-ya (Chinese: 余玲雅; pinyin: Yú Língyǎ; born 29 June 1950) is a Taiwanese politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 1999.

Yu was born in 1950, to the Yu family of Kaohsiung.[1] Her grandfather, mother, and brothers were also politicians.[2] Yu studied history at National Chengchi University and completed graduate work at National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU).[3] She later became president of the Private Kao Yuan Junior College of Technology.

Yu began her political career as a member of the Taiwan Provincial Assembly.[4] Elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1992 and 1995, Yu later served as vice chair of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission and speaker of the Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council.[5][6]

In 2017, the Ciaotou District Court in Kaohsiung ruled that Yu was guilty on charges of breach of trust, as she had used funds from Kao Yuan to pay her personal assistant from 1988 to 2006. The Kaohsiung branch of the Taiwan High Court upheld the guilty verdict in 2018, reducing her sentence from two years to nine months imprisonment.[7]

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  2. ^ Lin, Mei-chun (22 February 2002). "Democratic trailblazer's influence lives on". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Hsu Lin-ya (3)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  4. ^ "The opposition makes major gains" (PDF). Taiwan Communiqué (43): 5. January 1990. ISSN 1027-3999. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  5. ^ Lin, Mei-chun (17 April 2001). "A lesson in connections and profit". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  6. ^ "FEATURE: Provincial officials recall drama of democratization". Taipei Times. 3 December 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  7. ^ Pan, Jason (14 July 2018). "High Court upholds ex-legislator's conviction". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 July 2018.