The Military Police Command yesterday said that it had referred a recently discharged conscript to prosecutors after he posted photographs of on-base poker and mahjong games on Instagram.
An individual, suspected to have been serving their mandatory service at the Military Police Training Center, had posted photos of people playing mahjong and poker, and taking selfies while at the base, a source told the Chinese-language Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister paper).
The former conscript said in the post that they had begun their service in the middle of September last year, and described the experience as “the winter camp which I have had the most fun at, ever,” the source said.
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People have shared the story on the “rumors” section of the Professional Technology Temple (PTT), the nation’s biggest online academic bulletin board system, asking whether those serving in the military were “living the good life.”
The Instagram account has since been shut down, and the account owner could not be reached for comment.
The command said in a statement that the former conscript, surnamed Sung (宋), who was discharged on Thursday, was handed over to prosecutors on suspicion of contravening a ban on gambling on military sites.
The commander, branch head and division chief of the Military Police Training Center could be transferred if found guilty of negligence, it said.
Additional reporting by CNA
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