Chao Chien-ming (Chinese: 趙建銘; pinyin: Zhào Jiànmíng; born 29 June 1972) is the son-in-law of Chen Shui-bian, the former president of the Republic of China on Taiwan.
Chao worked as a resident doctor in the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) Orthopaedic Surgery department from 1998 to 2003.
[2] His father Chao Yu-chu (趙玉柱), who was not taken into custody, was also charged with similar offences and prosecutors sought to have him imprisoned for ten years.
[2] Chao issued a public apology for "careless behavior" but indicated that he believed himself to be innocent and intended to fight the charges.
[1] (DPP chairman Yu Shyi-kun and Vice President Annette Lu have both said that they found Chao's apology to be insufficient.)