15 Facts About Diane Lee

Diane Lee Ching-an is a Taiwanese former politician.

Diane Lee naturalized as a US citizen in 1991, but later relinquished US citizenship.

Diane Lee is the youngest of four children born to Diane Lee Huan and Pan Hsiang-ning.

Diane Lee graduated from National Chengchi University with a bachelor's degree in journalism then earned a master's degree in mass communications from the University of Maryland, College Park, in the United States.

Diane Lee was hospitalized following the incident with a slight concussion.

Diane Lee charged him with assault, but later reached a settlement with him.

Diane Lee apologized after the incident, but did not heed calls to resign for the purportedly wrongful accusation against Twu.

In May 2008, opposition Democratic Progressive Party politicians accused Diane Lee of holding United States citizenship while sitting in the Legislative Yuan after winning the 2008 Republic of China legislative election on 12 January 2008, in contravention of nationality and election laws.

Diane Lee maintained that she had lost US citizenship automatically upon being sworn in as a Taipei City Councilwoman in 1994.

The US Department of State issued a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in late December 2008 stating that Diane Lee had been previously determined to be a US citizen and issued with a passport and that no request for determination of loss of nationality had been made, but that a determination could be made on presentation of further evidence that an act causing loss of nationality had been performed.

The CEC allowed Diane Lee to keep over NT$8.6 million in election subsidies because the Election and Recall Act for Public Servants did not preclude natural-born dual citizens from running in local elections.

Diane Lee's name appeared in the Internal Revenue Service's Quarterly Publication of Individuals Who Have Chosen to Expatriate in the final quarter of 2009.

In February 2010, Diane Lee was found guilty in the Taipei District Court of fraud and forgery relating to the citizenship issue.

Diane Lee appealed the sentence to the Taiwan High Court, which acquitted her in August 2010.

Diane Lee's case went to the Supreme Court of the Republic of China, which upheld her acquittal.