Seven involved in corporal's death under investigation
ROC Central News Agency
2013/07/09 23:36:39
Taipei, July 9 (CNA) Seven military personnel allegedly involved in the death of an army corporal have been transferred from their posts and are being investigated, a top army officer said Tuesday.
Deputy Army Commander Gen. Wu Yu-ming told the media of the probe after issuing an apology earlier in the day to the public and the family of Corporal Hung Chung-chiu, who died on July 3, a few days before he was scheduled to complete his obligatory military service.
The seven are the deputy commander of the brigade to which Hung belonged, two sergeants who accompanied Hung to the hospital, and four security personnel.
The 23-year-old Hung was rushed to hospital after saying he felt unwell while in disciplinary confinement in Taoyuan County. At the hospital, he died of multiple organ failure after failed efforts to resuscitate him from heat exhaustion.
Hung was serving in the 542nd Brigade in Hsinchu and had been set to be discharged July 6.
He was sent to the 269th Brigade in Taoyuan June 28 for disciplinary action because he brought a camera phone without permission when he returned to the base from vacation June 23.
(By Rogge Chen and Elizabeth Hsu)
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