Ou Yang Li-hsing, deputy director of Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, has been found dead in a hotel room in the south of the island.
The military man, who was in charge of the island territory's missile developments programme, reportedly died of a heart attack, according to the Central Taiwan News Agency.
No evidence of trespassing or violence was found in the serviceman's room. Family members of the deceased claimed he had heart problems.
At the time, Ou Yang was on a work trip in Pingtung County. He had taken up his post this year to oversee missile production projects, which have been gaining higher priority in Taiwan.
Well shit...dude probably took a frozen frog dart to the neck on his way back from the hotel bar.