According to Taiwan media reports, the Taiwan military has recently been exposed to suspected major military discipline incidents. When the police recently broke into the gangster's arsenal, they found that the suspect had a T65K2 rifle and a large number of bullets, which were suspected to have flowed from the military. Public opinion immediately satirized that this was "the daily life of the Taiwan military losing guns."

Schematic, T65K2 rifle for shooting training by the Taiwanese military. Source: Zhongshi News Network data map

The Taiwan military frequently reported negligence in gun management

Public opinion is so mocking, there is a background to it. On March 3, the "Longquan Recruit Training Center" affiliated to the Taiwan Navy reported that the pistol was dropped into a model gun, and the Naval Education Training and Guidelines Development Command immediately responded to the establishment of a project team to investigate, and fully implemented the count; However, on the same day, the "8th Marine Brigade" of the Taiwan army said that it found that two bolts of the T99 rifle were missing, and public opinion was in an uproar.

Regarding the two loopholes in firearms management that occurred at that time, Qiu Guozheng, head of the defense department of the Taiwan authorities, expressed "great regret and sorrow" and angrily criticized "how can there be such bold, ignorant, and inexplicable cadres," and even said that "many people will be dealt with, and there is nothing to say when they lose their heads."

Qiu Guozheng also said that the Taiwan military cannot become a criminal group that protects officials and officials, and will comprehensively check whether similar cases have occurred in various branches of the military, and it will take some time to thoroughly check them, but it will be found out as soon as possible within a few weeks, and "there will be no delay in leniency."

However, even Wang Dingyu, a public opinion representative of the Democratic Progressive Party, questioned that the Taiwan authorities' defense department was slow to respond by half a beat, and the successive incidents were a major hidden worry for defense security.

Rumor out rifles flowing into gangsters?

On March 3, Taiwan police arrested a man surnamed Luo, who was about 22 years old, at a private house in Taoyuan, and found a large amount of ammunition and a T60K65 rifle with a serial number, suspected to have flowed from the Taiwan military.

Taiwanese police seized a large amount of ammunition in a private house in Guishan, Taoyuan, suspected to have flowed out of the military. Photo: Zhongshi News Network

The Taiwan military once again launched a "big inventory" and issued a press release saying that it was tentatively confirmed that no existing rifles were lost, but that it would carry out a special count of all weapons, ammunition, explosive materials and their main components, and that it is expected to complete the inventory of standing troops on March 3 and all counts by May 25.

In response to a reporter's question, does this mean that the police seized a simulation model gun made by outside businesses? Taiwanese military officials were reluctant to comment further, stressing only that there was no outflow of guns.

According to the latest report by Taiwan media on March 3, the man surnamed Luo involved in the case is currently unclear about the facts of the case, and the relevant guns and ammunition are still waiting for the military to confirm whether they are military supplies.

Public Opinion: Whether the Incident Was "Oolong" or Not The Taiwan military should review itself

In recent days, Taiwanese media have carried a lot of reports on the suspected flow of military rifles and bullets into gangsters. "Lianhe Pao" published an article entitled "Ignoring the Underworld Arsenal Suspicion Cloud Grows Bigger, the Military Should Review Itself Most When It Becomes a Laughing Stock," saying that even if the incident is not an "oolong" now, it seems that one of the military and the police will always become a laughing stock next. The meaning behind the incident is probably more worthy of thought.

The article believes that the Taiwan police case-handling personnel are eager to make meritorious contributions and are overly eager to announce the results of the battle, but they did not think about the release of unprofessional information, and they only reduced points rather than added points to their own image afterwards. In addition to lamenting that the defense department of the Taiwan authorities has become a bitter master, what should be reflected on is why they have become "rats crossing the street"? Why did the information content of the incident at the first time already contain obvious unreasonableness, but the media and the public obviously still believed it, and even took Qiu Guozheng's words about "asking people to lose their heads" a few days ago to satirize?

Some public opinion pointed out that the Taiwan people have "seen nothing strange" about the scandals and jokes exposed by the Taiwan military. Previously, Matsu soldiers were also exposed to problems such as lack of food, and the control of the military by the defense department of the Taiwan authorities was like "screws falling all over the ground."

For this incident where rifles and bullets are suspected to flow into the gang, some netizens sarcastically said that this is "the daily life of the Taiwan military losing guns", do you "take a gun to exchange for eggs?" ”。 Lack of water, electricity, and eggs, the DPP authorities should face up to the practical problems facing the people. (China News Service WeChat public account)