Panoramic view of the Taiwan Presidential Building / Taipei Tourism Website
An incident occurred on the night of the 1st when a military police soldier responsible for the security of the Presidential Office committed suicide by shooting himself while on duty.
According to several Taiwanese media outlets, including the Liberty Times, on the 2nd, at about 9:40 pm (local time) the day before (1st), a corporal from the 211th Battalion of the Military Police, who is in charge of guarding. the Presidential Office, shot himself in front of the first door of the Presidential Office where he was on guard at night I hurt myself.
The soldier received emergency treatment and was taken straight to nearby Mackay Hospital, but was pronounced dead at around 10:25 pm A military official said, “The corporal, a soldier in his 20s, is believed to be suffering from emotional distress.” It is known that the soldier has been working in the 211th Battalion since February last year.
“The Office of the President deeply regrets this unfortunate incident,” Lin Yu-chan, spokesperson for the Office of the President, said in a statement. “This incident was immediately reported to President Tsai Ing-wen.” He said, “The 211th Military Police Battalion is actively cooperating with bereaved families in dealing with related issues,” and added, “We will strengthen life education and psychological counseling for the security forces.”
Taiwan’s 211th Military Police Battalion is known as the ‘military police among military police’ and the ‘Iron Guard Battalion’, and is known to be under great psychological pressure as well as physical strength. This is not the first time a Taiwanese soldier has committed suicide while on duty in the Office of the President. On May 3, 2012, when Kuomintang President Ma Ying-jeou was in office, a soldier from the same battalion committed suicide with a rifle at the main gate.
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