Chu Hsing-yu

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Chu Hsing-yu ({{zh|t=朱星羽|p=Zhū Xīngyǔ}}; 22 December 1956 – 18 February 2013) was a Taiwanese politician.

Chu Hsing-yu was born in Gushan District, Kaohsiung. He succeeded his father, a cement worker by trade, as district chief when the elder Chu was diagnosed with lung disease. Upon completing his father's term, Chu was elected to the position himself. During this time, he earned a college degree from Cheng-Shiu Institute of Technology and Commerce.{{cite news|title=Chu Hsing-yu (3)|url=http://www.ly.gov.tw/en/03_leg/legIntro.action?lgno=00014&stage=3|accessdate=1 July 2017|agency=Legislative Yuan}}{{cite news|last1=Lu|first1=Fiona|title=Chu Hsing-yu's temper not tempered by years in office|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/11/30/2003077809|accessdate=5 February 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=30 November 2003}}{{cite news|title=Ex-DPP lawmaker found dead in motel|url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20130219-402978.html|agency=AsiaOne|accessdate=5 February 2017|work=China Post|date=19 February 2013}} Chu then served two terms on the Kaohsiung City Council.{{cite news|title=Former lawmaker Chu Hsing-yu dies in motel at 57|url=http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/2151589|accessdate=5 February 2017|work=Taiwan News|agency=Central News Agency|date=18 February 2013}} In 1992, Chu won his first election to the Legislative Yuan. He left the Democratic Progressive Party in 2003,{{cite news|last1=Lu|first1=Fiona|title=Disgruntled legislator says he's quitting the DPP|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/12/05/2003078390|accessdate=12 February 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=5 December 2003}} and served a portion of his final legislative term as an independent.{{cite news|last1=Wu|first1=Debby|title=TSU lawmakers boycott review of national security mechanism papers|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/04/03/2003116482|accessdate=5 February 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=3 April 2004}}{{cite news|last1=Mo|first1=Yan-chih|title=Politicians plump for botox makeovers|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/01/21/2003345674|accessdate=5 February 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=21 January 2007}} Though he was invited to campaign for DPP candidates in 2004, he rejected the offer.{{cite news|last1=Lin|first1=Chieh-yu|title=Infighting taking toll on DPP's chances in south|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/02/16/2003098953|accessdate=5 February 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=16 February 2004}}

As a legislator, Chu became known for controversial statements and a combative personality, for which his DPP membership had been repeatedly suspended.{{cite news|last1=Huang|first1=Chien-hua|last2=Chung|first2=Jake|title=Former legislator Chu Hsing-yu found dead in motel room|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/02/19/2003555151|accessdate=5 February 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=19 February 2013}} He was involved in at least three such confrontations in 2004, by which time he had left the Democratic Progressive Party. In April, Chu challenged interior minister Su Jia-chyuan to solve the 3-19 shooting incident in a year's time. If Su was successful, Chu pledged to commit suicide.{{cite news|last1=Hong|first1=Caroline|title=New interior minister gets grilled|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/04/20/2003137358|accessdate=5 February 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=20 April 2004}} Chu punched Yu Jane-daw and William Lai in separate incidents later that year.{{cite news|last1=Wu|first1=Debby|title=Headbutts, chokeholds: all in a legislative day's work|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2004/05/08/2003154562|accessdate=5 February 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=8 May 2004}}{{cite news|title=Argument over sugar tariffs sparks brawl in legislature|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/12/23/2003216337|accessdate=5 February 2017|work=Taipei Times|agency=Agence France Presse|date=23 December 2004}}

Chu did not run for reelection in 2004, but joined the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union after stepping down from the legislature, retiring to live alone on Guanyinshan. He died in 2013 of a heart attack, aged 56, while staying at a motel in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung.