The government has begun installing full-body scanners and other high-tech facilities to beef up security at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said yesterday.
Department of Aviation and Navigation Deputy Director-General Han Chen-hua (韓振華) said that airport security personnel used to conduct a body search on passengers who triggered alarms on metal detectors, but “because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are speeding up the installation of zero-contact security devices.”
Five full-body scanners have been installed at the airport three in Terminal 1 and two in Terminal 2, Han said, adding that passengers would be asked to enter
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An army sniper was discharged from the military and is facing an investigation after police at Taichung Airport found three bullets in his luggage before he boarded a flight to Kinmen in October, the military said yesterday.
The corporal surnamed Chen (陳), who had been serving in the army’s Aviation and Special Forces Command in Kinmen, was dishonorably discharged on Nov. 10, after police at the airport found three 5.56mm rifle rounds in his luggage, command spokesman Major General Wang Chun-chieh (王俊傑) said.
Chen is also being investigated by civilian prosecutors, Wang said, without further elaboration.
The Chinese-language Apple Daily reported that Chen