TAIPEI: Taiwanese company Gold Apollo said Wednesday that it authoriSed its brand on the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria but that another company based in Budapest manufactured them. Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near-simultaneously Tuesday in Lebanon and Syria,

Taiwanese company Gold Apollo said Wednesday that it authorized its brand on the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria but that another company based in Budapest manufactured them. The pagers were manufactured by BAC Consulting KFT,

Experts believe explosive material was put into the pagers prior to their delivery and use in a sophisticated supply chain infiltration.