Taipei, Jan. 10 (CNA) A company in Tainan, southern Taiwan reaffirmed on Monday that it was not involved in the shipment of missile parts to Libya.
Tang A-keng, the lawyer representing the Nan Liang Company, said the arms shipment could have been mistakenly traced to the company, and stressed that the company's officials have no knowledge of the matter.
Tang said the company hopes the matter can soon be resolved in order to protect its reputation. He also said that the company is not considering taking legal action at present.
An AFP report from London said on Sunday that British customs seized the Scud missile parts on Nov. 24 at Gatwick airport from a flight bound for Tripoli via Malta.
Report said that customs officers discovered 32 crates of missile parts that had been marked up as auto parts. The parts were for a propulsion system that would have given the missiles a range of more than 900 kilometers.
The shipment had arrived in Britain from Taiwan in the name of the Hontex knitwear company, the brand name of a product produced by the Nan Liang Company.
Nan Liang officials noted that the company has over 30 enterprises in Taiwan and mainland China producing goods such as textiles and rubber products. The products mainly go to Hong Kong and Japan and have never been exported to Britain. The officials also said the company has never been involved in machinery products. (By Lilian Wu)
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