A sexual assault scandal occurred during the Taiwan military's "Han Kuang Exercise". A captain of a missile frigate took a drunk female ensign to a hotel and sexually assaulted her during a dinner party after an exercise. The female ensign nearly collapsed emotionally when she so

[Global Network reporter Fu Guohao] A sexual assault scandal occurred during the Taiwan military's "Han Kuang Exercise". A guided missile frigate captain took a drunk female second lieutenant to a hotel and sexually assaulted her during a dinner party after the exercise. After waking up, I almost had an emotional breakdown. The commander of the Taiwan Navy was "furious" after learning of the incident and immediately dismissed the captain from his post. Regarding the Taiwan Navy scandal, some netizens on the island criticized: What kind of army is this? Military discipline is loose under the rule of the Democratic Progressive Party.

Information map of Taiwan’s guided missile frigates (screenshots from Taiwanese media)

According to a report from Taiwan’s “ China Times Electronic News ” on May 29, the Taiwan Navy had a major incident of “sexual assault of a woman by a senior officer” during this year’s “Han Kuang 35 Exercise”. Subordinates” outrageous military discipline incident.

reported that at the time of the incident, a captain of a guided missile frigate with the rank of colonel completed a combat readiness mission at sea and returned to the Keelung military port. He invited many officials on the ship to have a dinner at a Keelung restaurant. Since the soldiers had almost no vacation during the intensive drill for nearly a month, they were very tense. After the drill, everyone immediately relaxed and the mood was "quite high" during the dinner. The captain involved also frequently toasted with the officials.

A female second lieutenant who attended the party was so drunk that she fell asleep in the restaurant on the spot after everyone tried to persuade her to drink. When the dinner was over and they were leaving, everyone was originally going to take the female ensign back to the ship to rest, but the captain then said that he could take her back personally, and the other officials returned to the ship. However, at this time, the captain had evil intentions and took the female second lieutenant to a motel to rest and sexually assaulted her while she was asleep.

The woman woke up later and discovered that she had been sexually assaulted by the captain. The captain also admitted that he had violated the rules. The female second lieutenant broke down and cried on the spot, insisting on reporting the incident, and then immediately reported it to the headquarters and contacted other officials.

The woman examined her injuries at the hospital and reported the incident to the Taiwan Navy. After receiving the report, the Taiwan Navy Ship Command immediately sent supervisory and political personnel to interview the captain, notified the "gendarme" to record the incident, and reported it to the Taiwan Navy Command at the same time. The captain involved admitted to having inappropriate relations with his subordinates. The incident angered Taiwan Navy Commander Huang Shuguang. He immediately dismissed the captain involved in sexual assault from his post on the same day and "transferred the relevant dereliction of duty officials to justice."

The Taiwan Navy Fleet Command also issued a press release on the 29th to confirm the incident, saying that the captain of the "933 Fengyang Ship", Colonel Lu, was suspected of being "drunk and disorderly" and that "the illegal cases were true" and had seriously damaged the reputation of the Taiwan military. Now, He was relieved of his duties as captain, dismissed from his post and "referred to law for investigation."

Previously, in early May, the Taiwan Navy had an incident involving the captain of the "Success-class guided missile frigate" who was exposed to having a mistress outside the camp, involving inappropriate relations between men and women outside the camp. "China Times Electronic News" commented that the sexual assault of the female captain was "the second more serious military discipline incident" and that the Taiwan Navy was also "severely damaged" by the dismissal of two important missile frigate captains within a month.

In addition, netizens on the island also criticized the Taiwan military: "What kind of army is this?" Some people criticized the Taiwan military in English: training and military discipline are very, very lax.

Some people even criticized the Democratic Progressive Party authorities, saying that under their rule, the Taiwan military "has troubles while walking, so it is not surprising!"