"The components for Hezbollah's pagers were not produced by us," Taiwan's economy minister Kuo Jyh-huei told reporters on Friday. He added that a judicial investigation is already underway. "I want to unearth the truth, because Taiwan has never exported this particular pager model," Taiwan foreign minister, Lin Chia-lung said.

The president and founder of a Taiwanese pager company linked to the detonation of thousands of pagers targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon was questioned by prosecutors late into the night on Thursday, then released.

Two people from Taiwanese companies were questioned multiple times as part of a probe into pagers that exploded while being used by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, Taipei investigators said Friday. On Thursday,

Taiwan-based Gold Apollo said this week it did not manufacture the devices used in the attack, and that Budapest-based company BAC to which the pagers were traced has a license to use its brand

TAIPEI: Taiwan investigators searched four locations on Thursday (Sep 19) as part of a probe into the origin of pagers that exploded while being used by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, authorities said.

Taiwan and Hungary on Wednesday denied making pagers that exploded while being used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon, killing 12 people. The explosions in Lebanon killed 12 people, including two children,

Questions and speculation have swirled over where the devices came from and how they were supplied to Hezbollah .

Companies in Hungary, Bulgaria and Taiwan have been linked to Israel’s detonation of pagers used by the group.

By Ben Blanchard and Faith Hung TAIPEI (Reuters) -Components used in thousands of pagers that detonated on Tuesday in Lebanon in a deadly blow to Hezbollah were not made in Taiwan, Taiwan's economy minister said on Friday.

Taiwan’s economy minister confirmed on Friday that components used in the thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon on Tuesday, killing 37 people and wounding about 3,000, were not manufactured in Taiwan.