Nissan’s fugitive ex-chair Carlos Ghosn appears in public in Beirut for the first time since fleeing Japan ahead of his trial for alleged financial misconduct. Ghosn described detention conditions in Japan as “travesty” against human rights and dignity.
after he skipped bail and managed to flee the country despite supposedly rigorous surveillance.
“Unfortunately there was no trust. And some of our Japanese friends thought that the only way to get rid of Renault in Nissan is to get rid of me,” he said. Two Lebanese lawyers had submitted a report to the Public Prosecutor’s Office against Ghosn last week, saying he violated Lebanese law by visiting Israel. The two neighboring countries are technically in a state of war. Prosecutor Ghassan Khoury met with the two lawyers who filed the case on Wednesday and asked them to bring additional evidence, adding he would summon Ghosn in the coming hours.
Lebanon and Japan do not have an extradition treaty, and the Interpol notice does not require Lebanon to arrest him.
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