Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/24
By: Hsiao Po-wen and Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei, Jan. 24 (CNA) The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a not guilty verdict in
Major General Shen Wei-chih (沈威志)/file photo
a case against a former Army commander, who was accused of ordering physical punishment that led to the death of a corporal.
The ruling brought to an end the 5-year-long case, which stemmed from the death of 24-year-old Corporal Hung Chung-chiu (洪仲丘) in a military confinement facility in July 2013.
Major General Shen Wei-chih (沈威志), commander of the 542 Brigade in which Hung was serving, was one of the officers accused of causing the death of Hung, who had been punished for taking a cellphone onto the Army base in violation of regulations.
On July 3, 2013, Hung collapsed from heatstroke, after being forced to perform a series of strenuous drills, and he died a day later in hospital.
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