Goodwill Fleet Commander Chen Tao-hui and Naval Fleet Commander Kao Chia-pin will both be assigned to other posts

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/04/21
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) held a press conference on Tuesday evening (April 21), releasing a report on the ministry’s initial investigation into the COVID-19 outbreak on one of the Goodwill Fleet vessels — aboard which 27 crew members were diagnosed with the disease.

Minister of National Defense Yen De-fa (嚴德發) first apologized to the infected soldiers and their families and the nation for the trouble the infection has caused. The minister said he asked President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) for a reprimand, adding that the Goodwill Fleet mission was approved by him.
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