Two marines were killed during a rehearsal for the upcoming Han Kuang military exercises on July 3. One of the victim is Soldier Tsai Po-yu, who died days before his 27th birthday. His family was extremely sad and refused to comment on the investigation result. Yunlin County Magistrate Chang Li-shan offered her condolences to the Tsai family.


This person expressing his hope that the future will be without mishap is 26-year-old Marine Corps soldier Tsai Po-yu. He died after sustaining injuries in an accident that occurred during a rehearsal for the Han Kuang military exercises. His family decided against resuscitation efforts, and Tsai was pronounced dead on July 5. His father was in a state of shock.

It's July 7 today? That's his birthday, today is his birthday. I completely forgot, I just forgot.

The elder Tsai said he has been in a state of shock since the accident occurred, as well as extremely sad. He declined to comment on the Navy's investigation into the accident. Meanwhile, other family members said Tsai enlisted in August 2016, and was set to be discharged in less than one month's time. He had plans to reenlist. Whenever he had time off, he would return home to help out on the family farm. The Tsai family said the compensation offered by the military is too low, and urged it to reconsider the amount.

His mother passed away just last year, and he passed away this year. This means that problems may arise in my brother's life. The Ministry of National Defense said it will give NT$5 million in compensation. To be honest, my brother is extremely sad.

We hope the Ministry of National Defense can offer a more favorable compensation. Right now the sum of the compensation and accident money is much less than what a young life is worth.

Yunlin County Magistrate Chang Li-shan said Tsai was just 26 when he died in the line of duty, which saddened everyone. She offered her condolences to the Tsai family, and urged the military to offer assistance to the family and the Ministry of the Interior to help get Tsai enshrined in the Martyrs' Shrine to fulfill the wishes of the family.



說出心裡願望，希望未來日子一切平安，他是26歲的海軍陸戰隊上兵蔡博宇，這次參加漢光演習操演不幸落海，家屬最後同意放棄急救，5號拔管宣告死亡，但因為事發突然，經過好幾天，蔡爸爸情緒還是無法平靜下來。

蔡博宇爸爸 蔡健生表示：「7月7號嗎? 今天是他的生日，哇，今天是他的生日，我忘記了，我都忘記了。」

蔡爸爸表示，意外發生到現在他腦中一片空白，還是難過說不出話來，對軍中調查目前不表示意見，其他家屬表示，蔡博宇105年8月分入伍，原本剩不到1個月就能退伍，也有意願要續簽志願役，平時放假都會回家幫忙務農，認為軍方所提撫卹金太低，希望軍方能再評估。

蔡博宇叔叔表示：「他媽媽去年才過世，今年又換他離開，所以哥哥的生活，可能會出問題。國防部撫卹金，說要用個500多萬，說實在我哥很難過。」

雲林縣縣長 張麗善表示：「我們也希望國防部這邊，能夠從優撫卹，尤其是現在撫卹金，跟意外加起來，對一個年輕生命，是非常不值得。」

張麗善表示，蔡博宇年僅26歲就不幸因公死亡，讓大家都很不捨，希望家屬節哀外，也指示役政同仁一定要盡力協助後續相關事宜，也呼籲內政部能協助申請，讓博宇能入祀忠烈祠，讓家屬能如願。