17 Facts About Freddy Lim

Freddy Lim Tshiong-tso is a Taiwanese politician, musician, and independence activist.

Freddy Lim is the lead vocalist of the Taiwanese heavy-metal band Chthonic.

Freddy Lim was one of the founding leaders of the New Power Party in Taiwan and represented the party in the Legislative Yuan until 2019.

Freddy Lim won a second legislative term as an independent in 2020.

Freddy Lim was an ardent supporter of Chinese unification as a student, because he was taught from China-centric textbooks in middle school and high school.

Freddy Lim formed Chthonic in 1995, during his second year of university, when he began identifying more strongly with his Taiwanese identity.

On stage, Freddy Lim is known as "Left Face of Maradou" and wore corpse paint portraying the Ba-Jia-Jiang in performances until 2011, when the band ended their use of corpse paint.

Freddy Lim was elected to lead Amnesty International Taiwan in 2010 and stepped down in 2014.

The next month Freddy Lim declared his candidacy for the 2016 elections, aiming to contest the Daan District legislative seat held by Kuomintang incumbent Chiang Nai-shin.

The Democratic Progressive Party did not nominate candidates in the constituency, choosing to support Freddy Lim, who defeated Lin in the elections held on 16 January 2016.

Freddy Lim was assigned to the Foreign and National Defense Committee after taking office.

Freddy Lim stated that he would run for legislative reelection as a political independent.

Freddy Lim won reelection in January 2020, defeating Lin Yu-fang for a second time.

The Central Election Commission announced on 10 August 2021 that a petition to recall Freddy Lim had gathered enough support, one percent of the eligible electorate in his constituency, to pass the first stage.

On 3 December 2021, the CEC announced that the recall movement against Freddy Lim garnered 27,362 valid signatures, more than the ten percent threshold required in the second stage to trigger a recall election.

Freddy Lim's recall election was held on 9 January 2022, the same day as the replacement vote for Taichung's 2nd legislative district, where Chen Po-wei lost a recall vote in October 2021.

Freddy Lim announced in March 2023 that he did not plan to contest the 2024 Taiwanese legislative election, citing the need to care for an ill relative.