He made the remarks at the Civil Defense Convention in Taipei hosted by civic organizations. Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim, fifth right, Deputy Minister of the Interior Ma Shih-yuan, fourth right, and other people pose for a photograph at the Civil Defense Convention in Taipei yesterday. Taiwan would remain vulnerable to such tactics if the armed forces, police, firefighters and civil defense capabilities work separately, with no communication or cooperation, he said. In response to that, the Ministry of the Interior has been promoting interoperability since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he added. Kuma Civil Defense Education Association chair Liu Wen (劉文) said that nearly 100,000 Taiwanese participated in the academy’s civil defense training since 2021, coalescing grassroots efforts to defend the nation against foreign aggression.

Source: Taipei Times March 28, 2026 17:13 UTC