Taiwanese government wants to prove neutrality in supply of booby traps
Taiwanese brand Apollo Gold, suspected of collaborating with Israeli services to modify pagers, denied any responsibility. Questioned by various media outlets, the boss of the Taiwanese SME spoke of a Hungarian company authorized to produce Apollo pagers under license.
“The product is not ours, they just put our company brand on it”defended the company’s founder and boss, Hsu Ching-kuang. New York Times. The company said in a press release that it has a license agreement with Hungarian company BAC. However, the AR924 model is offered “robust pager”appeared on the Taiwanese brand’s website before the attack. The website was taken offline on Wednesday.
Anxious to prove its neutrality, the Taiwanese government also reacted by publishing customs files indicating that Gold Apollo exported pagers mainly to the United States, Hong Kong, Australia, the Netherlands and France between January and August 2024. The company had exported 254 to Hungary by 2022.
But the sale of electronic products is usually carried out through several intermediaries. The Hungarian government, for its part, also tried to clear its company: “The company in question is a commercial brokerage firm with no production or operations in Hungary. It has only one manager registered at the declared address and the listed devices have never been in Hungary.”Hungarian authorities announced this in a press release.
On X, several pro-China propaganda accounts are taking the opportunity to attack Taiwan’s electronics industry, which they present as a tool for American interests. Instead, they are promoting product safety “Made in China”Thus, in recent years, accusations of espionage by American services against Chinese companies such as Huawei have been reversed. China is a historical supporter of Palestine and is trying to strengthen its influence in the Middle East.
