The pagers, traced back to Budapest-based BAC Consulting, carried branding from Taiwan’s Gold Apollo, which denies manufacturing the devices. Taiwan’s Economy Minister, Kuo Jyh-huei, emphasized, “I can say with certainty they were not made in Taiwan,” and noted that the incident is under investigation by Taiwanese judicial authorities.

Two people from Taiwanese companies were questioned multiple times as part of a probe into pagers that exploded while being used by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, Taipei investigators said Friday. Questions and speculation have swirled over where the devices came from and how they were supplied to Hezbollah,

Taiwan's Gold Apollo said on Wednesday the pagers used in the detonations in Lebanon had not been made by it but by a company called BAC which has a licence to use its brand. At least nine people were killed and nearly 3,