TAIPEI: Taiwan on Monday (Nov 11) mentioned it had closed a probe into pagers that exploded in Lebanon in September and triggered a lethal blow to Iran-backed Hezbollah, saying no Taiwanese residents or firms have been concerned.
Israeli media reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed duty for the assault throughout a cupboard assembly, telling ministers that senior defence officers and political figures have been against the detonation of the pagers however that he went forward with the operation.
Safety sources have beforehand mentioned the pagers carried the title of Taiwan-based Gold Apollo, an organization which has asserted that it didn’t make them. Taiwan’s authorities has additionally mentioned the pagers weren’t made in Taiwan.
Taipei prosecutors, who were investigating the case, mentioned in a press release the AR-924 pager mannequin that exploded in Lebanon was manufactured, traded and shipped by a agency known as Frontier Group Entity and made outdoors of Taiwan. They added, nevertheless, that Gold Apollo had authorised the corporate to make use of the Apollo trademark.
“There isn’t a proof indicating that any home producers or people have been accomplices within the related explosions, violating the Counter-Terrorism Financing Act, or participating in different unlawful actions,” the prosecutors mentioned in a press release.
“No concrete proof of felony exercise has been found on this case, nor have any particular people been implicated in any felony exercise, following a complete investigation.”
