Taipei, Dec. 21 (CNA) The Changhua District Prosecutors' Office on Wednesday said it suspected 12 individuals of buying votes ahead of the Nov. 26 local elections and filed suit to annul the elections of seven of those individuals.
By Fabian Hamacher / Reuters, TaitungThe air force yesterday showed off its new locally designed and made jet trainer, touting the more advanced, combat-capable abilities of the aircraft that is to replace aging and accident-prone existing equipment.
The air force yesterday showed off its new locally designed and made jet trainer, touting the more advanced, combat-capable abilities of the aircraft that is to replace aging and accident-prone existing equipment.
The armed forces are mostly equipped by the US, but President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has made development of an advanced home-grown defense industry a priority, especially as China steps up military modernization efforts and drills near the nation.
The new AT-5 Yung Ying (勇鷹, “Brave Eagle”), made by state-owned Aerospace Industrial Development Corp (ADIC) with a budget of NT$68.6 billion (US$2.3 billion), had its first test flight in 2020.
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Taipei, Dec. 16 (CNA) A Taipei court issued a ruling Thursday ordering the nation's Air Force to pay a total of NT$4.66 million (US$167,442) in compensation to the parents of an F-16 pilot killed during a 2018 drill due to negligence on the part of five others.
A Taipei court yesterday ordered the air force to give NT$4.66 million (US$167,523) in compensation to the parents of an F-16 pilot killed in a 2018 training incident due to the negligence of five others.
The Taipei District Court made the ruling after the father and mother of Major Wu Yen-ting (吳彥霆) separately filed suits against the air force asking for NT$10.89 million and NT$11.10 million in compensation respectively over the death of their son.
Citing an impeachment issued last year by the Control Yuan which blamed the fatal crash on the negligence of officers Shih Ching- nien (史青年), Lai Wen-sheng