The Taichung District Court convicted Liu for his role in the Kuangsan Group scandal in July 2003 , sentencing him to five years imprisonment and NT$ 30 million fine . His final appeal was heard by the Taiwan High Court in September 2004 . The THC handed Liu a four-year prison sentence and a NT$ 30 million fine . After the High Court 's verdict was announced , Liu resigned his legislative seat . At the time , Liu was at the Republican National Convention in the United States . While there , he suffered a heart attack and was not medically cleared to fly to Taiwan . Though Liu had relinquished his PFP membership a day after his resignation from the Legislative Yuan , the party offered to help him find medical treatment if he would serve his sentence in Taiwan . Liu never acknowledged the proposal , and was subsequently listed as a fugitive in February 2007 . In the early 2010s , Liu was reported to have fled to China . Later , he returned to the United States , and died in Los Angeles on 18 November 2016 , aged 84
Republican National Convention
2004 Republican National Convention
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