00:00Mazu, an outlying island group just off China's coast,
00:07one of Taiwan's frontline military outposts,
00:10and now a target for scam rings.
00:12Prosecutors say several service members
00:14had been lured by monthly payments of just over 100 US dollars
00:18to hand over their bank accounts to scammers.
00:22The Mazu Defense Command has uncovered
00:24more than 60 personnel involved in the scheme.
00:26We will ensure that a sergeant collected fellow soldiers' bank accounts
00:41and rented them out to scam groups.
00:44Their investigation is still ongoing.
00:47The case has lawmakers from both parties worried.
00:50Some say that with their personal information
00:52in the hands of criminal groups,
00:54these soldiers could be coerced
00:56to hand over sensitive military information.
00:59These fraudulent groups, many of them are跨国.
01:02They have no chance to have captured their crimes
01:05and then back to the head and forced them
01:08to provide information on the national security.
01:10This will cause the破口 of the national security.
01:13Others are urging the military
01:14to quickly remove the suspects from its rings.
01:17Mazu currently hosts around 4,000 troops.
01:35One expert says removing 60 of them
01:37won't have much effect on overall capacity.
01:39This latest case comes amid debates
01:53over whether to raise soldiers' pay
01:55and how to improve their social status.
01:59Troop salaries are considered low
02:00despite the need to recruit more of them.
02:03A growing number seeking extra money
02:05have fallen prey to Chinese spies.
02:08Now with scammers also seeking to exploit
02:10the financial pressures on Taiwan service members,
02:14officials are hoping to tackle these threats
02:16before they cause real harm.
02:18Fu Hua Hong and Analu for Taiwan Plus.
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