Taiwan’s new military outsourcing plan: a pragmatic fix or security risk?


Source: scmp.com scmp.com
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Under the two-stage programme, private guards will take over routine duties at nine military academy sites, including identity and vehicle checks, visitor registration and general access control, according to the island’s defence ministry on Monday. The first phase will begin on September 1 at five sites – the National Defence University’s three campuses, the army’s military academy and the naval academy. Four more sites – the Army Academy, two Air Force Institute of Technology campuses and Chung Cheng Armed Forces Preparatory School – will join the programme from January 1 next year. The ministry said the scheme was intended to…

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