US EditionA Celebrity Draft-Dodging Scandal Lays Bare Problems with Taiwan’s Crucial Reservist Force
- Authorities in Taiwan indicted 28 defendants, including actor Darren Wang, for a draft-dodging scheme involving fake medical exemptions.
- The scandal occurred between 2016 and early 2024 amidst ongoing calls for reform and extended mandatory military service to one year.
- Critics and analysts say conscripts view training as ineffective, with activities limited to firing few bullets, lectures, and guard duty.
- Authorities allege that a four-person group assisted 24 men in evading military service by falsifying hypertension diagnoses, collecting approximately 7.63 million TWD , while investigations involve more than a dozen celebrities.
- This scandal exposes persistent loopholes and low morale in Taiwan's conscription system amid increasing tensions with China, highlighting the urgent need for reform.
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A celebrity draft-dodging scandal lays bare problems with Taiwan’s crucial reservist force
A draft-dodging scandal allegedly involving a number of Taiwanese actors, influencers, and musicians has cast an unflattering spotlight on the conscript and reservist forces which could one day stand between the island and a Chinese invasion.
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A celebrity draft-dodging scandal lays bare problems with Taiwan’s crucial reservist force - Egypt Independent
Taipei, Taiwan CNN — A draft-dodging scandal in Taiwan allegedly involving a number of actors, influencers, and musicians has cast an unflattering spotlight on the conscript and reservist forces which could one day stand between the island and a possible invasion by China. Taiwan’s military service regime, which runs alongside its conventional military, faces accusations of failing to prepare conscripts for an actual war – an alarming situatio…
·Cairo, Egypt
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