Dozens of members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been seriously wounded after pagers they use to communicate exploded, security officials say.
We can now bring you a full statement given to Sky News by Taiwan-based Gold Apollo on the pagers allegedly used by Hezbollah when they were detonated in Lebanon.Company boss, Hsu Ching-Kuang, said within the last hour that the pagers were not made by Gold Apollo but under licence by a company in Europe.In the below statement Gold Apollo names that European company as BAC, but declined to give the full name of the company or where it is located.
Apollo Gold Corporation has established a long-term private label authorization and regional agency cooperation with BAC.According to the agreement, we authorise BAC to use our brand trademark for product sales in specific regions, but the design and manufacturing of the products are entirely handled by BAC.Regarding the recent media reports about the AR-924 pager, we clarify that this model is produced and sold by BAC.
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