The explosives on Tuesday that targeted Hezbollah members resulted in at least 12 fatalities and close to 3,000 injuries, and they ignited a geopolitical storm in the Middle East.
Hsu Ching-Kuang, the founder of Gold Apollo, a Taiwanese company, was caught up in the crisis and vehemently denied that his company was involved in the attacks.
BAC Consulting, a firm based in Hungary, was granted a license by Mr. Hsu to use the Gold Apollo name on their own pages. According to the news, BAC has not been contacted yet.
“You see the pictures from Lebanon,” Mr. Hsu said to reporters on Wednesday outside the offices of his company. “We did not make those pagers; they bear no label indicating they are Made in Taiwan!”
The Gold Apollo headquarters are located in a sizable new business park in a dull suburb of Taipei, the capital of Taiwan.
With the exception of the two police officers stationed at the gate, ready to shoo away the numerous reporters and TV crews squatting outside, they appear to be just like any of the thousands of small trading enterprises and factories that make up a significant portion of the island’s economy.
Posters of Gold Apollo’s products, a collage of tiny, boxy plastic gadgets with limited use, are displayed on the walls of the company’s workplace.
