About 800 dashboard cameras have been removed from military vehicles, the Ministry of National Defense said today, following concerns from lawmakers that the equipment may have been manufactured in China.
Last month, Taiwan People’s Party Legislator Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) raised concern that the army’s Lanyang Regional Command used photoelectric inverters made in China.
This led other lawmakers to question the provenance of dashboard cameras used in military vehicles, as contractors could have relabeled China-made products as being from Taiwan.
Photo: Wu Che-yu, Taipei Times
The ministry on Monday said it had launched a comprehensive inspection of electronic devices, including dashboard cameras.
Lieutenant General Lu Chien-chung (盧建中), deputy chief of the general staff for communication, electronics and information, today told lawmakers during a committee hearing that the investigation had indeed found some China-made recording devices.
About 800 have already been removed, while some cameras that have been built into vehicles are still awaiting inspection, he said.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Hsu Chiao-hsin (徐巧芯) also questioned why the ministry signed a contract with a supplier the same day it was blacklisted on April 8, 2021.
Ministry officials said the order was placed before it was blacklisted, and when further asked whether there was a way to cancel the deal, said the specific contract would have to be reviewed.
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