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[global network report, trainee reporter meng yuan] according to reports from the central news agency and other taiwanese media on october 7, the u.s. department of justice has reached a plea agreement with the u.s. arms manufacturer raytheon company for raising the price of arms sales to taiwan and will return unjust proceeds. benefits to the taiwan region. gu lixiong, the head of the taiwanese government's defense department, claimed today (7th) that arms sales are contracted with the us government, and the us government then contracts with us manufacturers. the us does not treat us as a "plate" (referring to people who are easily deceived). the united states took the initiative to investigate and informed taiwan that the united states was also the victim. netizens on the island criticized this: "incompetent bureaucrats are still talking to profiteers" and "you are the one who treats taiwanese people as a plate."

gu lixiong, head of the taiwan authorities' defense department, claimed on the 7th that the arms sales were contracted with the us government. the us took the initiative to investigate and informed taiwan that the us was also the victim. screenshot of taiwan tv news live broadcast

according to the "central news agency" report, taiwan's legislative body "foreign affairs and defense committee" not only invited gu lixiong to present a report on the effectiveness of the "taiwan-u.s. defense industry conference" on the 7th, but also held a secret meeting with the theme of targeting the u.s. arms dealer raytheon's arms sales to taiwan. regarding the false reporting of arms sales prices and actions, a public inquiry was held after the secret meeting.

according to reports, kuomintang public opinion representative ma wenjun said during questioning that the content of the secret report was actually less than what was reported by the media. people are concerned about whether taiwan’s defense department will be deceived in the future and whether similar incidents may occur in the future. whether there is any need to review related weapons procurement cases, and whether anyone in taiwan is involved in raytheon-related cases.

when asked, gu lixiong claimed that raytheon had increased the price of arms sales to taiwan and that the u.s. department of justice had reached a plea bargain with the manufacturer and would return unjust gains to taiwan. this case was informed by the united states after an active investigation that if the united states treats taiwan as a "dish" or a "capita" (derived from the hokkien dialect, originally meaning "fool", referring to a person who has been defrauded of money but has not received any benefits), the united states will we will not proactively investigate and inform taiwan. he also claimed that the united states has a "rigorous" audit operation, which is also a proactive action by the united states. not only taiwan is harmed, but the united states is also the victim. the united states proactively investigates and informs, "the united states does not treat us as a dish."

these remarks caused criticism from some netizens on the island. some netizens sarcastically commented in the comment section of the report: "the dpp is not merciless in spending people's money. it's so easy to spend."

"just as the united states regards taiwan as its 'capital', the dpp is willing to sell out taiwan for its own political interests."

"incompetent bureaucrats are still talking to profiteers."

"it's you who treats taiwanese people as 'plates'."

according to foreign media reports in june this year, when the u.s. government accountability office audited foreign military sales cases, it found that raytheon company was involved in illegal price fraud and over-reported arms sales prices, which involved two arms purchase cases in taiwan. one was the 2013 "patriotic the first was the missile system procurement case, and the second was the radar system procurement case in 2017.

zhao shaokang, the former chairman of taiwan’s china broadcasting corporation and a well-known media figure on the island, posted a post on social media facebook on october 3 to criticize the dpp authorities for treating taiwan as a “plate” in the face of raytheon company and previous military aid supplies. the way to deal with flaws is sad. first of all, after the raytheon incident was exposed by the media, taiwan's defense department actually mentioned "suspicion of the united states" and cognitive warfare. it is simply inexplicable. taiwan's high-priced weapons purchases from the united states every year are made by the people, and raytheon defrauded taiwan of its money. , taiwan’s defense department not only dared not to condemn it, but also used the idea of ​​"resisting china to protect taiwan", and kept silent when encountering the united states. it was simply incompetent.

in response to the u.s.'s successive arms sales to taiwan, zhu fenglian, spokesperson for the taiwan affairs office of the state council, said at a press conference on september 25 that we firmly oppose any form of military contact between the united states and taiwan, china, and the u.s. providing weapons to taiwan, china. . regardless of whether it is called "arms sales," "military aid," "financing," or any other name, what the united states has given taiwan is nothing more than a bunch of things it does not want and false promises. what the taiwanese people have received is increasingly deepening the falling into the danger of being trapped in a "powder keg" and "ammunition depot".