Erwin Meister is a

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businessman who, with his partner

Edwin Bollier Edwin Bollier and his partner, Erwin Meister, founded Mebo Telecommunications AG in Zürich, Switzerland in 1969. The firm has traded in various electronic and telecommunication equipment and acted as consultants in the construction of radio st ...

, formed the company

Mebo Telecommunications Mebo Telecommunications AG (formed in 1969 and registered in Zürich on 24 March 1971) is owned by Swiss businessmen Erwin Meister and Edwin Bollier. Radio Nordsee International – the ''Mebo I'' and ''II'' Mebo bought two vessels in 1969: ' ...

in 1969. They bought a Norwegian freighter, renamed it '' Mebo II'', and converted it into an

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station.

Radio North Sea

'' Mebo II'' operated off the coasts of the

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and

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from 1970 to 1974, broadcasting as '' Radio North Sea International'' (RNI). After both countries had enacted legislation outlawing the supply of

stations, Meister and Bollier leased the RNI vessel to

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in 1977.

Lockerbie bombing

Because a Mebo timing device was alleged to have been used to trigger the bomb that destroyed

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over

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on 21 December 1988 killing 270 people, Erwin Meister was summoned to give evidence in week 8 of the

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.Meister and Bollier testify at the Lockerbie trial
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Radio North Sea

Lockerbie bombing

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