Two companies with links to the model of pagers that exploded in Lebanon have offices in Taiwan – or did until recently. Investigators are questioning the boss of the Taiwanese company named in reports as the seller of the pagers.
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00:00A company that marketed the model of pagers that exploded in Lebanon was based in this
00:06building here in a tech hub district of Taipei.
00:11But security guards told me that according to what they saw, there was only one or two
00:16staff, no products were made here and they left more than half a year ago.
00:22It's information that adds to the mystery of who made the pagers.
00:27Police and prosecutors are now questioning the boss of a different company a 15-minute
00:32drive from here called Gold Apollo.
00:35Hezbollah reportedly bought the pagers from them.
00:39But its founder told reporters on Wednesday that claim wasn't true and that they were
00:43made and sold by a company in Hungary that was licensed to use their brand.
00:49That company in Budapest is a front for Israeli intelligence, according to a New York Times
00:54report on Thursday.
00:57So many questions remain over the origin of the pagers that killed at least 12 people
01:02and injured nearly 3,000 when they detonated.
01:05Investigators here are still trying to get to the bottom of the Taiwan connection to
01:10this case.
01:12Justin Wu and Louise Watt in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.