According to a report on October 8 on Taiwan’s Zhongshi news website, a soldier of the Air Force’s air defense and Missile Command was shot during a target shooting with a T-91 rifle on the 8th and died after being rushed to a hospital, the exact cause is under investigation. For this reason, Kuomintang representative Xu Qiaoxin asked the same day about the standard operating procedure (SOP) , Taiwan’s Defense Department Head Wellington Koo can not answer. A netizen mentioned that a while ago a reserve battalion commander hit himself while shooting, it shows that the problem has been very serious.
Wellington Koo
According to Taiwanese media reports, a soldier from the 302nd battalion of the Taiwan Air Force’s air defense and Missile Command was shot in the face at 2:00 pm on the 8th while conducting a target shooting at the Qingchuanggang base in Taichung, he was taken to the hospital and was declared dead. On the cause of the incident, the Taiwan Air Force said on the 8th that it would cooperate with the investigation unit.
Wellington Koo, head of Taiwan’s Defence Department, went to the legislature on the 8th to answer questions. Xu Qiaoxin, a KMT representative, asked about the matter. Chinanews.com said Xu Qiaoxin questioned whether the soldier was self-injured or improperly operated? How’d you get hit by a stray bullet? And asked Wellington Koo about standard operating procedures for shooting T-91 rifles. Wellington Koo replied that he could not give details and that, as far as he knew, there were first-and second-line preparations for target practice and that it was understood that the soldier was in second-line preparation. Xu Qiaoxin asked: now from the target to clean the gun SOP why? Wellington Koo said he could not answer now. Xu Qiaoxin said, this is the most basic person in charge of the Defense Department to understand!
Xu Qiaoxin mentioned that some Taiwanese soldiers were very afraid when they were shooting because they didn’t follow the procedure to clear their guns. When the bullets jammed, the officers thought that they had handled it well, but the result was still a failure. Wellington Koo promised to examine the entire SOP in light of the incident.
According to reports, a Facebook fan page satirized Wellington Koo’s claims, which were praised by both Bluebird (green camp supporters) and the Green Camp’s head of defense, translated quickly and simply Wellington Koo said, “I don’t know! Another netizen mentioned that a reserve battalion commander hurt himself while shooting a few days ago, which showed that the problem was very serious.