Ex-Nissan boss Ghosn, facing Japan trial, arrives in Beirut
Source: AP
Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, who is awaiting trial in Japan on charges of financial misconduct, has arrived in Beirut, a close friend said Monday. He apparently jumped bail.
It was not clear how Ghosn, who is of Lebanese origins and holds French and Lebanese passports, left Japan where he was under surveillance and is expected to face trial in April 2020.
Ricardo Karam, a television host and friend of Ghosn who interviewed him several times, told The Associated Press Ghosn arrived in Lebanon Monday morning..
He is home, Karam told the AP in a message. Its a big adventure.
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rpannier
(24,342 posts)Everyone that has talked about it that I know (in Kanagawa) has said they think his lawyer and his wife helped him
If this is a larger belief in Japan, the police will pull him in for questioning. The guy could lose his license which would be a shame (unless he really did help him) because he's an excellent defense attorney
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)A million dollar bail isn't much use with billionaires. When the IMPOTUS leaves & gets arrested he can always post bail & disappear w/Rudy to Moscow & live/die free.
SunSeeker
(51,745 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,390 posts)The escape began when the band arrived at his home in Tokyo, where Ghosn has been held under house arrest and strict police surveillance, according to Lebanese TV news channel MTV. At the end of the performance, as the musicians packed up their instruments, Ghosn whose height is stated at 1.7m, or just under 5ft 6in, in his Wikipedia entry apparently slipped into one of the larger cases and was taken to a small local airport.
A private plane was waiting to whisk the former corporate titan to Istanbul, Turkey. From there he appears to have boarded a Bombardier Challenger private jet for a flight to Lebanon, where he arrived before dawn on Monday. The flight path recorded by plane tracking site FlightRadar shows the jet disappear at 4.16am, just as it approached Beirut-Rafic Hariri international airport.
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Meanwhile, in Tokyo, Ghosns lawyer Junichiro Hironaka said he was surprised and baffled to learn of the escape from a TV news bulletin. Hironaka told reporters he still had all three of his clients passports in his possession, and there was immediate speculation that Ghosn travelled on a fresh French or Lebanese passport.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/dec/31/carlos-ghosn-escaped-japan-hiding-in-a-musical-instrument-case