Former "Defense Minister" Tang Yaoming of the Taiwan Authorities Died and Was Accused by Chen Shui-bian of Being Involved in a "Soft Coup"

Former "defense minister" of the Taiwan authorities, Tang Yaoming, who passed away today at the age of 81, has successively served as "commander-in-chief of the army," "chief of staff," and "defense chief" in Taiwan. However, Chen Shui-bian published an oral history memoir "Persistence" in 2019, in which he mentioned the "seven-day soft coup" in 2004, pointing out that the then "defense minister" Tang Yaoming suddenly resigned due to an eye disease three days after the Shooting on March 19, but there was a mass protest in Kaidao at that time.

According to a report in Taiwan's China Times on May 6, 2019, Tang Yaoming's resignation was obviously a big move, and the "Executive Yuan" first returned his resignation, and Tang then said that he would not resign. But Tang also said that he would resign, and said that he would do it on May 20, but Chen Shui-bian was already angry in his heart and did not feel relieved, because he could not accept Tang's big move. Later, Chen Shui-bian also deliberately chose Li Jie, the "chief of staff" who was not in harmony with Tang and was born in a submarine of the Taiwan Navy, as the "defense chief." According to Chen Shui-bian, during this period, someone secretly reported to him that a retired general went to Li Jie, hoping that Li Jie would ask for his resignation according to Tang Yaoming's claim that he was ill, and that the "deputy general manager" would also follow up, but Li Jie refused, and later Li also confirmed the matter and wrote an official report.

However, the report also pointed out that in fact, Chen Shui-bian's "soft coup theory" was to pull up the election of "legislators" at the end of 2004 and take the initiative to expose the news with intelligence resources. However, at that time, there were also people in the military who did not agree with Chen Shui-bian's statement, and the damage caused to the army by the "soft coup theory" tore the mutual trust between the services and could not be stitched up for a long time. In addition, because Chen Shui-bian's "soft coup theory" of sentiment, where it came from, who it came from, whether it was misled, and the truth of the incident, are still a mystery.

According to public information, Tang Yaoming was born on November 29, 1938, was a senior general of the province cultivated by Lee Teng-hui, and after he was promoted to general of the first rank of the army on February 1, 1999, he took over as the "chief of staff." He devoted himself to promoting the fine case of the army during his tenure. Even the "defense chief".

Regarding the death of Tang Yaoming, Zhang Xiaohan, spokesman for the Tsai Office, said today that Tsai Ing-wen was deeply mourned after hearing the news, and he was grateful that after the 921 earthquake, he commanded and supervised the army to fully participate in the rescue and reconstruction task, and will fully assist the family in the follow-up funeral, and hopes that the family will mourn and take care of the day. (Editing by Xue Yang)