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© 2019 AFPLebanon neighbors welcome Ghosn; activists in uproar
By Anwar Amro and Layal Abou Rahal BEIRUT©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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seadog538
He will be perfectly safe in Lebanon----as long as he's got money.
Alex80
And one of the worst things is that he is a candidate for becoming the next president in Lebanon. He could win that position, because he has solid connections. I am so sorry for honest Lebanon people who must suffer another injustice in such a moment of crisis. :(
obladi
Might there not be a way to settle things amicably with Japan's Justice system now? They got the bail, avoided the media circus of a lengthy trial. If he agrees to stay in Lebanon, perhaps he could simply pay a fine and go on with his life?
JeffLee
Beirut is very far from perfect, but for Ghosn, it's a haven of peace and freedom compared to the oppression that Japan is capable of inflicting.
Sh1mon M4sada
Can we count you as a 'rational' adult then...in any other language it's called a 'crook' fleeing, but hey English is flexible.
Sh1mon M4sada
This ^ sums it up for honest, hard working Lebanese with straight moral compass.
Lorem ipsum
Well, that sounds no different from Japan, now does it? All the recent scandals by high ranking Japanese executives, and not a single one sees any jail time or is even arrested.
oldman_13
He'll fit right in there.
ZvonkoJonathan
Tokyo officials have previously said the system is not inhumane and that Ghosn has been treated like any other suspect. In the other words he was badly treated as any other suspect. Medieval enforcement of admission of guilt, the physical torture replaced by psychological torture and mutilation. It is sad that otherwise such homogenous socially and culturally advanced society can be so backward when it comes to courts and justice. Problem is that in Japan everyday life is like ritual with no tolerance for deviation from rules, logical thinking is unnecessary because nothing ever changes, that is destroying the ability to think and make adaptive or innovative decisions.
In this case we are looking at the case where opposite of decent logic is applied.
In the west they say "do not bite the hand that feeds you." while here Japan said "bite off the hand that fed you" because you do not need it any more. They should have said; Thank You for the services well rendered, Keep the extra change and farewell on your next assignment. That would be a honourable discharge more inline with Japanese pride.
Azrul Hakim
Labanese who are protesting for weeks now due to economic and political crisis are definitely not amused now.
half-hearted jumper
What happened to presumption of innocence?
JenniSchiebel
The anti-Ghosn "activists" quoted in this article are a professor, a filmmaker, and a musician. That's says it all.
JenniSchiebel
Probably not. I would think that immunity would not apply to alleged crimes prior to becoming a diplomat.
mike1492
Terrorist ties?
coskuri
Back in the house he made Nissan-Renault buy and renovate for 16 millions ? ROFL
Viktor Cernatinskij
...Ghosn returned to Lebanon...
...Trash returned to Gomibaco...