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1.媒體來源:
美國福斯新聞網

2.完整新聞標題/內文:
Mass protest in Taiwan over young conscript's death
台灣群眾為年輕義務役士兵之死抗議

More than 100,000 Taiwanese people took to the streets Saturday in protest
over the death of a young conscript who was allegedly abused in the military.

Singing a Taiwanese take on the revolutionary song "Do you hear the people
sing?" from the hit musical "Les Miserables", protesters rallied at a square
near the presidential office in Taipei, mostly dressed in white -- a colour
symbolising truth in local culture.

超過十萬個台灣人民星期六為了疑似在軍中被虐死的年輕義務役士兵走上街頭抗議。

大部分穿著象徵真相白衣的抗議者在台北總統府附近的廣場聚集，合唱由著名音樂劇
《悲慘世界》中革命歌曲《Do you hear the people sing?》改編的台語歌曲。

It was the second mass protest since Corporal Hung Chung-chiu died of
heatstroke on July 4 -- apparently after being forced to exercise excessively
as punishment for taking a smartphone onto his base -- just three days before
the end of his compulsory year-long military service.

About 30,000 people demonstrated outside the defence ministry in the capital
on July 20, according to Citizen 1985, an activist group that organised the
protests.



"We estimate a bigger turnout today on the eve of Hung's funeral than the
previous protest. We hope the government will hear the people's anger at its
handling of the case," Liu Lin-wei, a spokesman for the group, told AFP.
"I want to thank everyone for your efforts and I hope we can have truth and
justice for Chung-chiu with all your help," Hung's mother told the crowd.
Organisers claimed 200,000 people joined the protest, while the government's
estimate of the crowd size was 100,000.

「我們估計今天在洪的葬禮前一晚參與抗議的人數會比前一次抗議更多。我們希望政府


"I am mourning for Hung Chung-chiu and I want the truth. I hope there won't
be any more abuse and death like his in the military," said protester Jenny
Tan.

「我為洪仲丘感到哀痛。我想要真相，希望以後軍中不會再有類似的凌虐及死亡事件」抗
議者Jenny Tan表示。

President Ma Ying-jeou has apologised for the incident and vowed to seek
justice for the victim and punish those responsible.

"The cabinet has requested the defence ministry and the justice ministry to
spare no effort to investigate the case and review the current system to
prevent any unhumanitarian actions and abuse of power," Premier Jiang Yi-huah
told reporters.

He also promised to meet the activist group's demands to set up a committee
to probe military wrongful imprisonment cases and to review the military
tribunal system.

總統馬英九為此事道歉，並且承諾為受害者追求真相，懲罰該負責的人。

「內閣已經要求國防部及軍檢不遺餘力的調查本案並且檢討現行的體制以避免任何不人道
的行為及濫權。」行政院長江宜樺告訴記者。

他也承諾因應行動聯盟的要求成立委員會來調查軍中非法禁閉的案件並且檢討軍法系統。

Amid mounting public anger, defence minister Kao Hua-chu stepped down earlier
this week, while 18 military officials have been charged over Hung's death,
including the former commander of his brigade.

They were indicted on charges ranging from abuse leading to death and
involuntary manslaughter to imposing illegal punishment on a subordinate and
offences against personal liberty, according to military prosecutors.

The 24-year-old had been subjected to exercises that were "unbearable, cruel
and abusive", resulting in his death from multiple organ failure triggered by
heatstroke, prosecutors said.

He was sent to solitary confinement and ordered to do the exercises as a
punishment for bringing a camera-phone to camp and for defying his superiors
on some duty assignments, according to the indictment.

在民怨上漲的的同時，國防部長高華柱本周提前下台，而包含前旅長在內的十八名軍官也
都因洪之死被起訴。

根據軍檢，他們被控凌虐致死、對下屬不當懲罰的過失殺人及侵犯人身自由。軍檢表示，
他因承受「不能忍受、殘忍及凌虐」式的操練，導致中暑引發多重器官衰竭而死。

起訴書寫到，他因攜帶照相手機入營且反抗上級給予他的任務指派而被送至禁閉，並被
要求以體能訓練作為懲罰。

Hung's family said he was repeatedly refused water during the punishment
despite being close to collapse and that he had previously filed complaints
about other abuse meted out by superiors.

Prosecutors did not specify what jail terms they were seeking. Legal experts
say the most severe charge is of abuse leading to death, which is punishable
by life imprisonment.

Citizen 1985 has criticised the indictment as "hasty and sloppy", saying only
one sergeant was charged with fatally abusing Hung, while other higher
ranking officers were indicted with lesser charges.

洪的家屬表示，在懲罰期間，儘管他幾乎要虛脫，還是數度被拒絕要喝水的要求。而他先
前也提出過對於上級給予的其他凌虐的抱怨。

檢察官並沒有將刑期寫在起訴書中。法律專家表示，凌虐致死最重的刑期是無期徒刑。

公民1985行動聯盟批評起訴書是「極度草率」，只有一名中士是以致命性凌虐洪仲丘起訴
，其他高官都以較輕的罪名起訴。

Analysts have said Hung's death has dealt a blow to the defence ministry's
plans for a professional military.

The ministry wants to phase out its decades-old compulsory 12 months of
service by the end of 2015, replacing it with four months of military
training for men aged over 20.

The government hopes volunteers will then enlist for a longer period of
military service, making for a better trained, more highly skilled military.

Taiwan currently has around 275,000 service personnel among a population of
23 million, down from a peak of 600,000 during the Cold War.

In the six months to June the military recruited just 1,847 people -- 31
percent of its target of 5,887. The defence ministry had planned to recruit
17,447 people before the end of February next year.

分析師說，洪的死對於國防部的專業軍事計畫是個打擊。國防部想要在2015年末前淘汰施
行數十年的十二個月義務兵役，並以年滿二十歲者受四個月的軍事訓練取而代之。

政府因此希望延長志願役的役期以受更好的訓練，有更高的軍事技能。

台灣現在總人口兩千三百萬，其中約有二十七萬五千人在服役，已比冷戰時期六十萬人的
高峰減少許多。

截至今年六月，國防部半年只招募一千八百四十七人，只有目標人數五千八百八十七人的
百分之三十一。國防部計畫在明年二月底前招募到一萬七千四百四十七人。

Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/08/...conscript-death/#ixzz2avbZOWTS


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