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Former Nissan exec jumps bail and sneaks out of Japan - pRICE cUBE - 01-01-2020
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ousted-nissan-exec-carlos-ghosn-arrives-lebanon-trial-looms-japan-n1108801
BEIRUT— Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, who is awaiting trial in Japan on charges of financial misconduct, has arrived in Beirut, he said Monday. He apparently jumped bail.
It was not clear how Ghosn, who is of Lebanese origins, left Japan where he was under surveillance and is expected to face trial in April 2020.
Ghosn said in a statement through his representatives Tuesday that he was not fleeing justice, but instead seeking to avoid “injustice and political persecution.”
“I am now in Lebanon and will no longer be held hostage by a rigged Japanese justice system where guilt is presumed, discrimination is rampant, and basic human rights are denied, in flagrant disregard of Japan's legal obligations under international law and treaties it is bound to uphold,” the statement said.
He did not provide details on how he got out but promised to talk to reporters soon.
Ricardo Karam, a television host and friend of Ghosn who interviewed him several times, told The Associated Press Ghosn arrived in Lebanon on Monday morning.
“He is home,” Karam told the AP in a message. “It’s a big adventure.”
Karam declined to elaborate. Local media first reported Ghosn arrived in Lebanon, but didn’t offer details.
During his release on bail, Ghosn had been going daily to the office of his main lawyer, Junichiro Hironaka, to work on his case, except on weekends and holidays.
Hironaka told reporters Tuesday afternoon that he was stunned that Ghosn had jumped bail and denied any involvement in or knowledge of the escape. He said the lawyers had all of Ghosn's three passports and was puzzled by how he could have left the country.
Re: Former Nissan exec jumps bail and sneaks out of Japan - Sarcany - 01-01-2020
Story goes that he escaped house arrest by hiding in an instrument case.
...One might wonder how normal it was for him to have musicians visit.
He'd already messed up enough to blow the first $9 million in bail. He put up another $5 million to go on house arrest.
I guess it's barely "folding money" for a guy like that.
Re: Former Nissan exec jumps bail and sneaks out of Japan - Rolando - 01-01-2020
FWIW, there are some questions about the Japanese Justice System:
https://youtu.be/IRn4xzaugbk
Re: Former Nissan exec jumps bail and sneaks out of Japan - RgrF - 01-01-2020
The Japanese legal system has a 99.998% conviction rate. If you're charged with a crime you're going to prison, no one is innocent. In Japan loyalty to the system and group trumps all else.
Sound familiar?
Re: Former Nissan exec jumps bail and sneaks out of Japan - Anonymous User - 01-01-2020
Ghosn's crime was trying to take a Japanese company and integrate into a French one.
Everything was quite acceptable when he rescued Nissan from going down the drain, and he was tolerated as long as he ran Nissan and Renault as two officially separate entities, but as soon as he tried to legalize what was already being practiced, the katanas came out.
Re: Former Nissan exec jumps bail and sneaks out of Japan - pRICE cUBE - 01-01-2020
I wonder if people left behind will be prosecuted for helping him.
Re: Former Nissan exec jumps bail and sneaks out of Japan - Anonymous User - 01-01-2020
Probably not. They achieved their goals, foreigners have been expelled.
And with Ghosn gone it limits the diplomatic difficulties his detention was creating with the French government.
Re: Former Nissan exec jumps bail and sneaks out of Japan - Speedy - 01-01-2020
¥$$$$$$¥ will get you out of all kinds of trouble.
Re: Former Nissan exec jumps bail and sneaks out of Japan - RAMd®d - 01-01-2020
He gave up a lot of bail money.
But it's not like it was his money.
Re: Former Nissan exec jumps bail and sneaks out of Japan - Bill in NC - 01-01-2020
Net worth estimated at least $100 million...~$15 million of that absolutely worth it to get out of jail free.