In July 1998, Tewaikasau and his two friends, their finances precarious, decided to go collect their postal savings. After flying up to Taipei from Hualien and finding their way to the Interchange Association, however, they couldn't bring themselves to walk through the door: "We fought for them in the jungle for three or four years, and this is how they treat us. I just can't accept it.
而在一九九八年七月，三人因為生活困頓決定要來領取自己的軍俸儲金，並特地搭飛機來台北，但是最後卻在日本交流協會門前止步，「想到三、四年的叢林戰爭，實在是無法接受這樣的對待。」