The China Post
Date: December 24, 2016
By: Joseph Yeh
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The driver of a tank which plunged into a stream killing four soldiers on board has
A tank is shown after plunging into Wangsha Stream in Pingtung County, Tuesday, Aug. 16. (Photo courtesy of the Ministry of National Defense )
been charged with negligent homicide.
Pingtung District Prosecutors Office indicted Private First Class Yang Yen-lin (楊炎霖) on charges of negligent homicide after prosecutors determined that human error was responsible for the accident during an Aug. 16 military drill in Pingtung County. The charge carries a maximum five-year prison sentence.
Prosecutors said Yang’s improper handling of CM-11 main battle tank led to the accident during the Lien Yung Drill (聯勇操演) at the Joint Operations Training Base Command (三軍聯訓中心).
Yang had previously claimed mechanical error was to blame, saying that the tank’s braking system was faulty. [FULL STORY]
