Japan's justice minister has vowed to strengthen border departure checks and review bail conditions after Nissan's former Chairman Carlos Ghosn fled the country
Japan’s justice minister vowed Monday to strengthen border departure checks and review bail conditions after Nissan’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, fled the country.
while awaiting trial on various financial misconduct allegations and later said from Lebanon that he did it to escape injustice.Mori declined to say who might be held responsible for such a high-profile flight, stressing it was still under investigation.“Japan’s justice system allows investigating the facts while it ensures the individual basic human rights at the same time,” Mori told reporters at the ministry.
Mori said each nation has its own judicial system and arrests are rarer in Japan than in other countries, suggesting arrests are made only when the authorities are fairly confident they have a case.Takashi Takano, one of Ghosn’s lawyers in Japan, said he felt sad and betrayed Ghosn didn’t try to win a verdict of innocence in court, but also expressed an understanding of how Ghosn might have lost hope with not only the prosecutors but the entire Japanese judicial system.
, first flying him from Osaka, Japan, to Istanbul, Turkey, and then on to Beirut, where he arrived Dec. 30 and has not been seen since.Ghosn promised to talk to reporters on Wednesday. His lawyers in Japan said they knew nothing about the escape and felt betrayed by his action. Ghosn had been charged with underreporting his future compensation and breach of trust in diverting Nissan money for his personal gain. He insists he is innocent.
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