Chung Hua University revokes ex-Hsinchu mayor's degree, diploma

Chung Hua University announced Wednesday it has determined former Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) committed a "serious case" of plagiarism while writing his master's thesis, and that as a result it has revoked his degree and diploma effective immediately.

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