China News Service, February 7 (Xinhua) According to Taiwan's "United Daily News", the Taiwan authorities' supervisory agency stated on the 6th that a pistol was lost at the new training center of the Taiwan Marine Corps, but the commander tacitly allowed his battalion commander and company commander to conspire to use simulated model guns. For pretending to be real guns, Taiwan's supervisory agency passed a proposal to impeach the commander, Colonel Pan Dongsheng, and the commander of the 2nd Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Lin Jiawei, and transfer them to Taiwan's "punishment court" for trial.
Taiwan military data map. (Picture from Taiwanese media)
According to reports, the 2nd Battalion of the Marine Corps New Training Center of the Taiwan Navy’s Instruction and Quarantine Department conducted a new education call from March 5 to 18 of the previous year, but carried out preparations for the education call from February 7 to March 4 of the same year. During this period, a .45 pistol was accidentally lost. In order to conceal the case, commander Pan Dongsheng tacitly allowed his battalion commander Lin Jiawei and four other company commanders to conspire to raise funds to purchase simulated model guns, disguise them as real guns and store them in the armory without reporting them to the superior.
The "Supervision Committee" of the investigation stated that Pan Dongsheng's actions violated relevant regulations such as the "Army, Navy and Air Force Criminal Code", "Criminal Code", "Taiwan Ordnance, Bombs and Explosive Materials Management Guidelines", and the violations were serious.
After Lin Jiawei learned that his 0.45 pistol was missing, he failed to report it to Taiwan's defense department within 30 minutes of the case as required, and after he could not find it in the camp where he belonged, in order to hide the fact that the gun was missing, he and The four company commanders jointly planned to raise funds to purchase simulated model guns. The company commanders then forged serial numbers on the guns and put them in the armory disguised as real guns. They jointly concealed the mistake of losing the gun. The violation was serious.
The "Supervisory Committee" of the investigation stated that the actions of the impeached persons Pan Dongsheng and Lin Jiawei, in addition to violating relevant regulations, also "severely damaged the image of the Taiwan military". In order to rectify the official precepts and eliminate luck, it is indeed necessary to punish them. .