Taiwan vows to press on with indigenous arms policy

Tsai says minesweepers ‘scandal’ an isolated case and she is confident the military can remedy the situation

South China Morning Post 
Date: 02 December, 2017

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen vowed Friday to forge ahead with her administration’s policy of building military equipment at home despite an ongoing procurement scandal.

Speaking at a commissioning ceremony held at a military base in Pingtung, southern Taiwan, Tsai called the scandal involving minesweepers for the navy an “isolated case” that would “not change the course of bolstering the indigenous arms industry”.

Tsai said she was confident that the military would correct the wrong and learn a lesson from it, thus helping itself establish a better system and create a better environment for advancing the development of the indigenous military industry.    [FULL  STORY]