12 Facts About Hsieh Chi-ta

Hsieh Chi-ta is a Taiwanese lawyer and former politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2002.

Hsieh Chi-ta was a judge for eleven years prior to her election to the Legislative Yuan, having been appointed to the Yilan and Hsinchu district courts, as well as the Hualien bench of the Taiwan High Court.

Hsieh Chi-ta represented Hsinchu district in the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 1996.

Hsieh Chi-ta served another two terms in the Legislative Yuan, winning the 1995 and 1998 elections as a representative of Taichung.

In further support of children's rights, Hsieh Chi-ta sought harsher punishments for child prostitution.

In 1997, Hsieh Chi-ta supported the passage of amendments to the Law Governing the Disposition of Juvenile Cases, making guardians partly responsible for the actions of juvenile delinquents.

Hsieh Chi-ta helped pass an amendment regarding compensation to crime victims.

Hsieh Chi-ta was a strong advocate for women's rights, and staunchly against the death penalty.

Hsieh Chi-ta refused to pay the fine and was sentenced to three months imprisonment.

Hsieh Chi-ta worked to implement a ban on the selling of life insurance to children under fourteen years of age out of concern that parents could be motivated to kill their children and subsequently file claims.

Hsieh Chi-ta ran again in the December 2001 legislative election, but lost.

Shortly after stepping down from the Legislative Yuan, Hsieh Chi-ta moved to China to teach and run a coffee shop.