Suspected death of Taiwan’s top missile scientist amid tension with China

Dead body found in hotel, investigation begins

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Taipei: The deputy chief of the Taiwan Defense and Research Wing’s R&D unit was found dead in a hotel room on Saturday morning. Taiwan’s official Central News Agency has confirmed this news. O Yang Lee-hing, deputy head of the Taiwanese military-owned National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, was found dead in a hotel room in southern Taiwan on Saturday morning, according to the news agency. The investigation into the reasons behind his death is underway.

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British news agency Reuters quoted CNA as saying that O Yang was on a business trip to Li.Hing’s southern county of Pingtung. He took over as the deputy head of the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology earlier this year to oversee Taiwan’s various missile production projects.

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