Vice Admiral Shen Po-chih, deputy commander of the navy, denied yesterday he did anything wrong while he was on a visit to Hawaii in 2002.In a statement, the Navy Command said Admiral Shen, charged with visiting a strip-tease show instead of the USS Santa Fe, does not mind being investigated.
The Liberty Times published an expose yesterday, quoting a retired navy commander as testifying Shen, the then deputy fleet commander, refused to visit the U.S. nuclear submarine in Hawaii in order just to watch the strip-tease show.
The retiree was with Admiral Shen on Hawaii from December 17 through 22.
Earlier on the floor of the legislative Yuan, Lee tien-yu, minister national defense, promised an investigation of the scandal.
"The navy," Lee told lawmakers, "has formed an investigation committee."
According to the Liberty Times, six naval officers, including Shen, were invited to visit the U.S. Pacific Fleet after President George W. Bush approved in 2001 a major arms sale to Taiwan in 2001.
Lee said the navy has taken a serious note toward the case. But he added it is necessary to find out whether the strip-tease show was "an ordinary floor show, which is quite normal in the West or anything erotic."
Any guesses as to where he was?
Don't think it was any Waikiki clubs. He wouldn't likely be expected to tour the SANTA FE at night. That's when those tourist traps are open, I am told.
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This from a former VP sailor 38 years removed from Barbers Point. "I am sure it no longer exists but is it possible that "Little Egypts" in a small strip center just by the old cane mill in Waipahu is the place the Admiral and his aides went? I put many $ bills on the stage in 1969. You couldn't put them in her bottoms because they were off.
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I thought the Waikiki ones were 24/7, because the German tourists and Japanese tourists had jet lag on opposite times of the day.
So my guys told me, anyway. Oh, there are stories...
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