China News Service, July 6th. According to Taiwan's "United Daily News" report, Taiwan's education authority pointed out on the 5th that according to the "Degree Awarding Law", if the thesis is found to be the most serious plagiarism, the degree will be revoked. According to the latest statistics, in the past five years, the degree A total of 24 cases were withdrawn.
During the Kaohsiung mayoral by-election in 2020, the Kuomintang candidate Li Meizhen was also exposed to plagiarism, and later announced that he would give up his master's degree at Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan to "stop bleeding", but in accordance with the "degree awarding law" ”, the degree did not give up on its own, and finally it was decided to revoke Li Meizhen’s master degree after review by Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan.
Taoyuan mayor candidate Lin Zhijian's double master's thesis was kicked out for plagiarism. According to the "Degree Awarding Law", if the admission qualification or study situation is untrue or fraudulent; as well as thesis, achievement certificate, written report, technical report, professional practice report Forgery or alteration or plagiarism, the above two situations can revoke the degree certificate.
According to statistics from Taiwan’s education authorities, there are 24 cases in colleges and universities from 2018 to 2022, including 5 cases in 2018, 11 cases in 2019, and 5 cases in 2020. , 3 in 2021, and no number so far in 2022.
Regarding the case of Lin Zhijian who was deeply involved in the thesis, Taiwan's education authority also said that it has formulated "principles for handling academic ethics cases in colleges and above," and schools should investigate and deal with them in accordance with the principles and the "degree awarding law."
According to regulations, if the school receives specific report and evidence data, it should complete the investigation and punishment within 4 months from the day after the receipt of the report in accordance with the processing principles and the relevant procedures of academic ethics in the school, and the result must be reported to the competent education department.