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Tokyo court grants prosecutors' request to revoke Ghosn's bail
TOKYO (Kyodo) – Carlos Ghosn, the former chief of the Nissan-Renault auto alliance, said Tuesday he has arrived in Lebanon to escape "injustice and political persecution" in Japan where he was on bail facing trial for alleged financial wrongdoing."I am now in Lebanon and will no longer be held hostage by a rigged Japanese justice system," Ghosn said in a statement released by his U.S. representative. Ghosn was required to stay in Japan pending trial.
Ghosn, who holds Brazilian, French and Lebanese nationality, criticized the Japanese justice system, saying "guilt is presumed, discrimination is rampant, and basic human rights are denied" in the statement.
The 65-year-old former Nissan boss is accused of underreporting his pay for years and misappropriating the company's funds, charges he denies. Ghosn's prolonged detention after his initial arrest in November 2018 drew international criticism, with some critics calling it "hostage justice" enabling authorities to hold alleged offenders in difficult conditions for long periods of time.
"I'm surprised and baffled" by the move, said Junichiro Hironaka, a member of Ghosn's defense counsel in Japan, adding, "I don't know anything more than what has been reported."
"If he actually left (Japan), it can be presumed as violating his bail conditions," Hironaka said.
Ghosn landed at Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport in his parents' native Lebanon late Sunday, The Financial Times reported, citing an associate of Ghosn, while Lebanese newspaper Al-Joumhouria reported Ghosn flew from Turkey on a private plane.
Japan's immigration database shows no record of Ghosn's departure, sources close to the matter said, while the transport ministry's Kansai International Airport office said a private jet left the airport in Osaka Prefecture on Sunday for Istanbul even though it has no information about the plane's passengers.
Hironaka said Ghosn's three passports are still in the defense team's keeping. The Tokyo District Court said Tuesday the terms of his bail have remained unchanged, banning him from traveling abroad, and legal experts in Japan said he may have left the country without permission.
Lebanese television, MTV Lebanon, reported that Ghosn hid in a box designed for transporting a musical instrument and left on a plane from a regional airport, without citing sources of information. He got help from a security service company and was in possession of a French passport when he entered Lebanon via Turkey, it reported.
Salim Jreissati, the Lebanese minister of state for presidential affairs, was quoted by a local newspaper An-Nahar as saying Ghosn, carrying a French passport, legally entered Lebanon.
Under the conditions of his bail, Ghosn was not allowed to meet in Japan with his Lebanese wife without being granted special permission, though the court recently decided to allow him to talk with his wife via videoconference, sources close to the matter said last month.
He was released on 1 billion yen ($9 million) bail after nearly 100 days of detention. He was later served with a fresh arrest warrant and again released on 500 million yen bail.
Tokyo prosecutors' request for the revocation of Ghosn's bail was granted by the Tokyo court Tuesday night. The bail money is expected to be forfeited.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191231/p2g/00m/0na/073000c
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France says it was not aware of Ghosn going to Lebanon
PARIS (Reuters) - France was not aware that ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn was jumping bail in Japan to go to Lebanon, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
The French government also had no knowledge of the circumstances of Ghosn’s departure and subsequent arrival in Lebanon, the ministry said in an online briefing.
Junior Economy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher had earlier said she had been “very surprised” by the news when she learned of it in the media.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-renault-nissan-ghosn-foreign-ministry/france-says-it-was-not-aware-of-ghosn-going-to-lebanon-idUSKBN1YZ109
same in socal. just before the last rainstorm. keep in mind that it was used as a weapon…perhaps it is now for defense.
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