Taiwan settles case of exploding pagers said not to have been made by Taiwanese companies

According to a security source in Beirut, Lebanon, in September, more than 1,000 people, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were injured when the pagers they used for communication exploded across Lebanon, while people died at the American University of Beirut. Gathered in front of the Medical Center (AUBMC). 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters

Taiwan announced in a statement on Monday, November 11, 2024 that it had closed the investigation. Exploding pagers in Lebanon He dealt a fatal blow in September Iran-backed HezbollahHe said no Taiwanese citizens or companies were involved.

Security sources had previously said the pagers had the following name: Golden Apollo based in TaiwanA company that claims that it does not make these. The Taiwanese government also said the pagers were not made in Taiwan.

Taipei prosecutors investigating the incident said in their statement that the AR-924 pager model that exploded in Lebanon was produced, traded and shipped by a company called Frontier Group Entity and was produced outside Taiwan. However, they added that Gold Apollo authorized the company to use the Apollo trademark.

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“There is no evidence that any domestic manufacturer or individual was complicit in these explosions, violated the Counterterrorism Financing Act, or engaged in any other illegal activities,” prosecutors said in a statement.

“No concrete evidence of criminal activity was found in this case, and after a thorough investigation, no individual was found to be involved in any criminal activity,” the statement said.