A special three-hour cabinet meeting was held on the morning of July 24 to review how the emergency was handled, and reprimands were meted out to 13 government officials, including Ding Yuan-chin (NPA director-general), General Chen Horng-i (NFA director-general), Yang Te-hui (NPA Airborne Squadron commander), and General Hu Chen-pu (assistant deputy chief of the General Staff for Operations, Ministry of National Defense).
二十四日行政院各部會上午在三小時冗長檢討會議中，確認八掌溪事件災害處理情形、與釐清各單位通報時間點後，做出懲處，包括警政署長丁原進、消防署長陳弘毅、空警隊長楊德輝、國防部作戰次長胡鎮埔中將等十三人分別遭到大過、小過不等的懲處。