Chen Oupu

Former Democratic Progressive Party legislator Chen Ou-po served in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan from 2012 to 2024. In April 2026, the Taipei District Court sentenced Chen to 16 years in prison for corruption, bribery, and fraud, while depriving him of his civil rights for six years. His conviction covers several schemes: Bribes from United Logistics International: Chen accepted over NT$4.63 million between 2016 and 2023 in exchange for using his legislative position to influence government officials and propose beneficial legislation. Transportation industry bribery: Chen received a NT$500,000 bribe in September 2018 from the Rentcar Quality Assurance Association to obstruct transportation management regulations. Assistant salary fraud: Chen and his wife, Hsu Hui-yu, were found guilty of inflating the salaries of publicly funded assistants between 2012 and 2022, fraudulently obtaining over NT$4.11 million. Chen’s wife was sentenced to four years and six months for her involvement. While Chen was initially investigated for property source and public interest misappropriation, those specific charges were dropped due to insufficient evidence. Separately, in 2023, Chen withdrew from his legislative reelection campaign following public controversy regarding his associations with a fraud suspect linked to the im.B peer-to-peer lending platform.