Week one - Apache helicopter scandal (阿帕契醜聞)
The 601st
Air Cavalry Brigade Lieutenant Colonel Nai-Cheng Lao (勞乃成) and two
other officers took a group of 26 relatives and friends, including a Japanese
man and five domestic caregivers who were foreign nationals, on a private tour
of a restricted-access base which houses Apache helicopters and other advanced
aircraft.
That
visit on March 29 led to a firestorm after one visitor, TV personality Janet
Lee (李蒨蓉),
posted photographs on Facebook that drew widespread public criticism.
Lee
was the first person to breach base security with a tour for his relatives and
friends on Feb. 20 this year, the report said, adding that Lao followed Lee’s
example.
The
investigation said that Lao was in charge of security and access to the base on
March 29, but violated registration requirements and other regulations in
permitting Lao’s group to bypass security checks.
The
Control Yuan report accused Lao of “wasting” the NT$40 million (US$1.28
million) the government spent to send him to the US for flight training.
“Lao
took the nation’s assets as his own private property. He used the Apache
helicopter as a social networking tool and took the helicopter helmet as a prop
for a private party. During the investigation, Lao continued to lie about his
actions and tried to cover them up. He has brought dishonor to the military,”
the report said.
The
Control Yuan has voted to impeach Lao and two other officers over security
breaches and rule violations in what came to be known as the “Apache helicopter
scandal” earlier this year.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/07/08/2003622542
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- The 601st Air Cavalry Brigade Lieutenant Colonel Nai-Cheng Lao, two other officers, and a private tour.
WHEN- March 29, 2015
WHAT- The scandal of the breach base.
WHY- Not given.
WHERE- The Taiwanese breach base.
HOW- Lao and two other officers took a private tour into the breach base. One of the visitors called Janet Lee posted photographs on Facebook that drew widespread public criticism.
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Words :
1. cavalry 騎兵部隊2. lieutenant 海軍上尉
3. domestic 國內的
4. caregiver 護理人員
5. widespread 廣泛的
6. investigation 調查
7. registration 註冊
8. asset 資產
9. dishonor 恥辱
10. impeach 彈劾
A tour of Apache is permissible now ! I want to have a visit there.
回覆刪除BTW, you took this assignment seriously.
I don't think having Nai-Cheng Lao resign is a good way to solve this scandal. As this news report said, the government spent up to NT$40 million to send him to the US for flight training, and there are few people can pilot the Apache in Taiwan now. Moreover, it's said that Nai-Cheng Lao is a excellent pilot. It does be a waste if making Nai-Cheng Lao resign.
回覆刪除When people have power or many money, some of them will think that they can do anything what they want, and this is an typical example. There are always some people don't use their brain when they are doing anything. It's really shame of them.
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