Wu Shu-chen
| Wu Shu-chen | |
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| 吳淑珍 | |
Wu participating in the Republic of China legislative election on 12 January 2008
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| First Lady of the Republic of China | |
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In office 20 May 2000 – 20 May 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Tseng Wen-hui |
| Succeeded by | Christine Chow Ma |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
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In office 1 February 1987 – 31 January 1990 |
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| Constituency | Taipei City |
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11 July 1953 Madou, Tainan County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Spouse(s) | Chen Shui-bian |
Wu Shu-chen (Chinese: 吳淑珍; pinyin: Wú Shūzhēn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngô Siok-tin; born 11 July 1953 in Tainan County, Taiwan) is the wife of former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian. Wu is the first and only First Lady of Taiwan to have been charged and convicted of a crime; she was sentenced to a one-year prison term for perjury regarding political corruption during her husband's tenure as President. Her sentence has however been increased to 17 and a half years, same as her husband.
Wu studied at Matou High School and later attended National Chung Hsing University. During this time, she became better acquainted with her high school classmate Chen Shui-bian, whom she would later marry.
On 20 February 1975, she married Chen in Taipei. Professor Wung Yueh-Sheng, Chen's academic advisor at the time, served as the marriage witness.
On 18 November 1985, while with her husband on a trip to thank supporters after he lost the Tainan County mayoral election, the driver of a scratch-built farm vehicle ran over her three times. The driver, Chang Jung-Tsai (), was a labourer known to local people as a supporter of Chen. At the time of the incident, Chang was beaten by one of Chen's campaign staff. Due to the seriousness of the accident, Chang was also imprisoned for a month. Chen later dropped the charge against him and accepted Chang's apology. This incident left Wu paralysed and using a wheelchair.
Since Wu's ordeal, Chen and his supporters have often directly or indirectly referred to Chang as a hitman possibly hired by the Kuomintang (KMT) to commit a political assassination, as occurred during the martial law era against the KMT's opponents. However, if the incident was really politically motivated by her husband's political rivals, then Chen, rather than Wu, should have been the target of political assassination. Even today, there is some controversy as to who was responsible for the episode, if it was an accident or an intentional attack.
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