Taiwanese Pager Company Founder Questioned Over Hezbollah Explosions

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The president and founder of a Taiwanese pager company, Gold Apollo, was questioned by prosecutors in Taipei over his alleged involvement in the detonation of thousands of pagers targeting Hezbollah members in Lebanon. While Mr. Hsu declined to comment on the investigation, authorities are examining connections between his company, Apollo Systems, and a Hungary-based firm, BAC.

TAIPEI - The president and founder of a Taiwanese pager company linked to the detonation of thousands of pagers targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon was questioned by prosecutors late into the night on Sept 19, then released.it did not manufacture the devices used in the attackImages of destroyed pagers analysed by Reuters showed a format and stickers on the back that were consistent with pagers made by Gold Apollo.

Calls to the prosecutors’ office before office hours on Sept 20 were not answered. Taipei prosecutors have not issued any statements so far about their investigations into Gold Apollo. Mr Hsu said this week that a person called Teresa had been one of his contacts for the deal with Hungary-based firm BAC.

Taiwan’s government has said it is investigating what happened, and police have made several visits to Mr Hsu’s company, in a small, unassuming office in Taipei’s next-door city of New Taipei.pagers used by Hezbollah members detonated simultaneouslyAccording to a senior Lebanese security source and another source, explosives inside the devices were planted by Israel’s Mossad spy agency.

 

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