The High Prosecutors’ Office upheld a plea deal deferring the prosecution of two conscripts formerly garrisoned in New Taipei City who faked their marriage to get two weeks of marital leave.
On July 13, two men surnamed Yen (顏) and Chang (張), who were ranked private second class and based at the Military Police Training Center in New Taipei City’s Wugu District (五股), separately registered for marriage at the district office in Taipei’s Nangang District (南港), less than two months after their induction, the High Prosecutors’ Office said on Thursday.
The ruse was exposed a day after their marriage, when an officer visited them at their residence of record, as the officer was suspicious that the pair had not been truthful about their relationship, it said.
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The district prosecutor in charge was lenient, as the duo admitted their guilt at their pretrial hearing and expressed remorse, it said.
Yen and Chang received a year of deferred prosecution and were ordered to pay a fine of NT$30,000 each, it said, adding that the district prosecutor then handed the case to the High Prosecutors’ Office for consideration as protocol demands.
The High Prosecutors’ Office allowed the prosecution to be deferred, it said.
The pair completed their military draft without further incident and have since returned home, a source familiar with the matter said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Cases of malingering have occurred following the reinstatement of military conscription. In another case, a New Taipei City resident surnamed Wang (王) was convicted of pretending to have influenza and forged a doctor’s note last year.
Wang was sentenced to three months in prison commutable to a NT$90,000 fine, court documents showed.
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