TAIPEI: The brutal killing of a stray dog by soldiers has sparked an uproar in Taiwan, forcing the defence minister to issue a public apology and President Tsai Ing-wen to express concern in the midst of her first official overseas trip.
The furore erupted last weekend after Kaohsiung City Councillor Chen Hsin-yu posted a 80-second video on YouTube showing a white dog being beaten, dragged, then strangled to death, allegedly by soldiers based in Kaohsiung, a Taiwan news agency reported late on Monday (June 27).
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