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Gold Apollo, a Taiwan-based manufacturer that produces pagers, denied making the explosives-laden wireless devices which were detonated across Lebanon, killing at least nine people and injuring nearly 3,000 others..
The company said the devices used in Tuesday's blasts were made by a Budapest-based company called BAC which has a licence to use the Taiwan firm's brand name...
Addressing reporters at the Gold Apollo's office in the city of New Taipei, Hsu Ching-Kuang, founder and president of the company, said that the "product is not ours..
Echoing Hsu's remarks, Gold Apollo said in a statement, According to the cooperation agreement, we authorise BAC to use our brand trademark for product sales in designated regions, but the design and manufacturing of the products are solely the responsibility of BAC."..
The statements come after a Lebanese security source told Reuters news agency that the Iran-backed Hezbollah had ordered 5,000 pagers from Gold Apollo...
