The company, Gold Apollo, said it had not manufactured the devices, pointing to another company that it said was licensed to use its brand.

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,

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 Thursday, then released.