NEGLIGENCE:The missile was mistakenly launched from a corvette docked at a naval base in Kaohsiung during what was supposed to be a simulated test
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 01, 2017
By: Staff Writer, with CNA
The Kaohsiung District Court yesterday sentenced three naval officers to prison
Taiwan Kaohsiung District Court Division Chief Judge Yeh Wen-po speaks at a news conference in Kaohsiung yesterday. Photo: Huang Chien-hua, Taipei Times
terms ranging from 14 months to two years over the mistaken launch of a missile that killed a fishing boat captain and injured three others in waters off Penghu County last year.
The officers were convicted on charges of causing death by negligence, the court said in its ruling.
Petty Officer Second Class Kao Chia-chun (高嘉駿), who fired the Hsiung Feng III anti-ship missile on July 1 last year, was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Kao’s supervisor, Chief Petty Officer Chen Ming-hsiu (陳銘修), was sentenced to two years, while Lieutenant Junior Grade Hsu Po-wei (許博為), who was in charge of weapons on the Chinchiang-class corvette, was jailed for 14 months.
The locally developed missile was mistakenly launched from the corvette docked at a naval base in Kaohsiung during what was supposed to be a simulated test. [FULL STORY]
