Lost military equipment highlights issues: reportLACKING OVERSIGHT: Major discrepancies were found between inventory and accounting records, and no one has been held accountable, the National Audit Office said Incidents of military equipment going missing this year demonstrate a lack of strict management and structure in the Ministry of National Defense, the National Audit Office said in its Central Government Budget Audit Report. A handgun and other components were reported missing from the navy’s inventory in March, followed by bullets and other weapons that were allegedly acquired by gangsters in the same month, said the report, which was released on July 27. The management unit failed to check and take inventory during the process of maintaining, packing, transferring, storing and distributing ordnance, it said. Such incidents have taken days to be reportedBy Wu Che-yu


Source:   Taipei Times
August 13, 2023 20:07 UTC