Taiwan Prosecutors Report Four Individuals Questioned in Connection with Exploding Pagers, According to Reuters

TAIPEI (Reuters) – On Thursday, Taiwan’s prosecutors announced they have questioned four individuals as witnesses in their ongoing investigation into a Taiwanese company associated with pagers that detonated last week in Lebanon, resulting in a significant blow to Hezbollah.

According to security sources, Israel is believed to be responsible for the pager explosions, which have heightened tensions in an escalating conflict between the two parties, although Israel has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement.

The specifics regarding how and when the pagers were weaponized and remotely detonated remain unresolved. The search for answers has drawn in multiple countries, including Taiwan, Bulgaria, Norway, and Romania.

Gold Apollo, the Taiwan-based company, stated last week that it did not produce the devices implicated in the attack. The pagers were traced back to BAC, a company based in Hungary, which had a license to utilize Gold Apollo’s brand. The Taiwan government also clarified that the pagers were not manufactured in Taiwan.

A spokesperson for the Shilin District Prosecutors Office in Taipei, which is leading the investigation into Gold Apollo, mentioned that in addition to the two individuals questioned last week, one current employee and one former employee were also interviewed. The spokesperson stated, "We are processing this case expeditiously and seeking resolution as soon as possible," while refraining from disclosing the identities of those questioned or the potential for further inquiries.

Last week, prosecutors interrogated Gold Apollo’s president and founder, Hsu Ching-kuang, as well as Teresa Wu, the sole employee of a company named Apollo Systems.

Gold Apollo has yet to comment on the investigation and did not respond to additional requests for comments on Thursday.

Attempts to reach Wu for her comments have been unsuccessful. Neither she nor Hsu addressed questions from reporters as they exited the prosecutors’ office last week.