A series of controversial incidents broke out in the 206th Brigade. Army Chief of Staff: Internal management really needs to be improved.

A female lieutenant surnamed Wang from the 206th Infantry Brigade of the Army's Sixth Army Corps committed suicide by jumping off a building at the end of last month due to maladaptation to her duties. The whole case has been transferred to investigation. However, as the suspected bullying audio files leaked, the family's petition accused the army chief of drug control violations. When and where the guidance was not fulfilled, coupled with the theft and improper loan cases in the compulsory camp exposed by the unit, Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Chen Jianyi had to admit during the Legislative Yuan's inquiry today that the unit's internal management does have many areas that "need improvement."

A female lieutenant surnamed Wang who served in the 206th Infantry Brigade of the Army fell and committed suicide at the end of last month. The political warfare director of the Sixth Army Corps to which she belonged once stated that she was not involved in bullying in the military. However, later, audio files revealed that the deceased was suspected of being verbally bullied during her lifetime; and this newspaper received information from her family. Chen Qing broke the news that the lieutenant surnamed Wang had maladaptation as soon as he joined the ministry as a grassroots platoon leader. After several transfers, seeking help and seeking medical treatment, there was no improvement. Moreover, his personal anti-anxiety medication was suspected of being improperly kept by "not his immediate superiors". Many doubts triggered external discussions.

In this regard, the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan today (29th) invited the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council and other ministries to make a special report on the statistics and handling of workplace bullying and sexual harassment cases in the past three years. During this period, Kuomintang legislator Xu Qiaoxin questioned Defense Minister Gu Lixiong about the case of the female lieutenant of the 206th Brigade falling from the building. Gu said that the unit had provided care, counseling and medical treatment, but that he had introduced a psychological assistance mechanism after he still did not adapt. However, he was criticized by Xu as "nonsense", which caused Gu Lixiong to become angry and choke Xu Yingying to attack him personally. The two of them once broke into a heated argument.

After that, Xu Qiaoxin further asked whether the military improperly controlled the client's psychosomatic drugs. Gu Lixiong explained that the military had relevant regulations on "controlled drugs". In addition to keeping them on behalf of the client, the cadres also asked the client whether he needed to take the medication. Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Chen Jianyi added that the medical instructions stated that the drug was "to be taken when necessary" and because it had side effects, it was up to the client to decide whether to take the medication. The counselor who kept the medication on his behalf reminded the client that the client said that there was no need for medication.

Xu Qiaoxin asked again whether the case involved bullying in the military? Chen Jianyi emphasized that the military has completed the military disciplinary investigation of the case, and the relevant information and investigation results have been sent to the District Prosecutor's Office for processing.

Xu Qiaoxin further pointed out that improper lending and theft occurred in the 206th Brigade in the compulsory camp in May this year, Lieutenant Wang self-injured at the end of September, and Major Wu suffered a myocardial infarction on the 16th. He asked the Ministry of National Defense and the Army’s 206th Brigade what went wrong? Chen Jianyi responded that nothing is a single incident, including management, unit tasks, and personnel quality factors that he did not want to mention. However, after understanding the corps and the headquarters, he admitted that the internal management of the 206th Brigade, such as incident investigation time node management and control, does have many areas for improvement.