‘NATIONAL SECURITY’:KMT Legislator Johnny Chiang said that the incident should prompt the president to call a meeting to stop the issue from escalating
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 02, 2016
By: Chen Yu-fu / Staff reporter
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers said the Ministry of National Defense had failed
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislator Johnny Chiang, third right, speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times
and demanded that Minister of National Defense Feng Shih-kuan (馮世寬) take responsibility following the reportedly mistaken launch of a supersonic anti-ship missile that hit a fishing boat, killing one person.
The Republic of China Navy said that a Hsiung Feng III missile was launched by mistake from a Chinchiang-class patrol boat docked at Kaohsiung’s Zuoying Military Harbor during an exercise.
The missile traveled about 40 nautical miles (74.1km), hitting a Taiwanese fishing boat in waters off Penghu, killing the fishing boat’s captain and injuring three crewmen.
KMT lawmakers said that the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) should have contacted China immediately after the incident to inform Beijing that the missile launch was accidental. [FULL STORY]
