Ghosn’s arrest came after Renault accused him of “questionable practices.” He described the charges as “groundless.”
By Simon Denyer and Simon Denyer Tokyo bureau chief covering Japan, North Korea and South Korea. Email Bio Follow Akiko Kashiwagi April 4 at 11:22 AM TOKYO — Former Nissan and Renault boss Carlos Ghosn was controversially rearrested in Japan on Thursday, just a month after being released on bail and a week before he planned to hold a news conference to present his side of the story.
Ghosn called the arrest “outrageous and arbitrary.” His lawyers protested that it was unnecessary — since he had surrendered his passport, was not a flight risk and was under strict bail conditions to prevent evidence tampering. They also said it was unfair, because the prosecutors confiscated his phone, as well as documents relating to his defense.
But as questions continue to mount about the treatment Ghosn is receiving at the hands of Japanese prosecutors — treatment that many legal experts consider to be unfair — his conduct at the head of the Nissan-Renault alliance is also coming under greater scrutiny. In a statement, Ghosn’s representatives described the new Japanese charges as “legally dubious” and said they came after he had been detained for 108 days in “extremely unfair, cruel and unjust conditions.” Ghosn himself called the arrest “part of another attempt by some individuals at Nissan to silence me by misleading the prosecutors.”
Nobuo Gohara, a former prosecutor who runs his own law firm and has been sharply critical of the handling of the case, said the latest arrest reflected prosecutors’ concerns that the existing charges may not have been sufficient for a guilty verdict. “The law has to be reliable and predictable,” he said. “These are two pillars of the economy for any country in the world.”
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