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Taiwan's Top Military Official Missing After Helicopter Accident
Taiwan's Army performs during the 2020 New Year's Day Flag Raising Ceremony in front of the presidential palace on Jan. 1, 2020 in Taipei. / Getty / Kyodo
By Kyodo News 2 January 2020
TAIPEI—Taiwan’s chief of general staff is missing after a military helicopter he was on with 12 others was forced to make an emergency landing in a mountainous area in New Taipei City early Thursday morning, the Defense Ministry said.
The top military official, Shen Yi-ming, is one of three people still missing among the 13 on board the helicopter, the ministry said.
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