Lebanese judge questions Ghosn after Interpol notice

they are turning around without any evidences. just groundless defamation , like Japanese TV.

It would be helpful if an independent investigation disclosed the fact of the case. We have been getting fed select bits and pieces from both sides for a long time.

The day Lebanon ever desperately need financial assistance is the day they give him up and hand him over as some sort of cooperation between two countries. Let's see how long he can stay there.

He is well connected and his friends are top politicians and beuracrates and has a large gift money account.

he’s safe there.

Sooner or later, that criminal will fall..

It seems like the noose is tightening around your neck. Enjoy your life in Lebanon while you can. Just wondered. Which would you prefer, prison in France or prison in Japan?

He is well connected and his friends are top politicians and beuracrates and has a large gift money account.

he’s safe there.

Like Saikawa who was allowed to walk away scot-free when he magically "realized" he was overpaid years later.

“if it is proven that he had committed crimes of money laundering and abuse of company assets,” he will be put on trial in Lebanon since he holds Lebanese citizenship, the judge added.

Fair enough, Lebanon is his homeland and at least Mr. Ghosn can read and speak the language and be able to communicate with the court and the system.

That's a nice way to spend retirement, fending off jail

Good. He's wanted to be questioned. He wants to say more. He is willing to speak. BTW, being fluent in Arabic, I watched his arabic interviews. He goes into a lot more detail than he does in his English ones.

they are turning around without any evidences. just groundless defamation , like Japanese TV.

exactly.

Sooner or later, that criminal will fall..

Not before Saikawa, Nissan, and the whole farcical Japanese Hostage- I mean Justice- System does.

He's going to be fine. Unless he's abducted in a music box back to Japan. Stay away from music boxes Mr. Ghosn! Heh, heh,..

Good!

I wanted him to have a fair trial.

And seems that he will.

bokudaToday  08:25 am JST

Good!

I wanted him to have a fair trial.

And seems that he will.

So you're saying Ghosn couldn't get a fair trial in France? LOL

Can Ghosn defenders please explain why the support?

Do you think that foreigners in Japan should be allowed to be as greedy and criminal as they want and get away with it, because it's all foreigners vs. Japan in your mind?

Or do you think that Ghosn was really that ignorant about Japanese laws despite holding such a high position and no one at Nissan advised him?

I can personally verify that greed and corruption are the norm at the executive level at corporations in Japan, and most of the execs know exactly how much they can get away with and how to get away with it. The enabling needs to stop. But that doesn't justify the most greedy and corrupt of them all getting away with it just because he is foreign. He either knowingly broke Japan's laws and arrogantly went beyond the accepted norms for corruption, or wasn't qualified to hold such a position in Japan to begin with.

“if it is proven that he had committed crimes of money laundering and abuse of company assets,” he will be put on trial in Lebanon since he holds Lebanese citizenship, the judge added.

If it's proven THEN he goes on trial. Haha. Good luck with that. Lebanon does not extradite its citizens so there's no joy coming for Japan and its fanboys and fangirls. What's that saying again? Don't hold your breath.

Obviously nothing will result from this, but I guess the interpol has the obligation to give notice to the government of Lebanon, even fully knowing this questioning is the only thing that will be done.

Which would you prefer, prison in France or prison in Japan?

id say neither, Lebanon doesn't extradite its citizens, Ghosn got plenty of money to live comfortable in Lebanon. Lets have an international trial in a neutral country, Japan can then try its hostage justice there, or actually present evidence

Like Saikawa who was allowed to walk away scot-free when he magically "realized" he was overpaid years later.

That dishonourable “snake in the grass’ already had immunity from prosecution and thought nobody from within would dare stitch him up. But someone from within did break that news which thankfully went public ending his takeover and subsequent walk of shame. Despicable man however the real man behind the whole thing was Hari Nada who has slinked off into the night because he too had immunity from prosecution.

Lebanon received a new Red Notice from Interpol 10 days ago, after the French prosecutor’s office in the Paris suburb of Nanterre said last month that it issued an international arrest warrant for the former head of Nissan and Renault and four other people based on an investigation opened in 2019 into money laundering and abuse of company assets.

Why are people going on about Japan, and other Japanese Nissan execs? Just can't stop?

This is a notice issued by Interpol for Ghosn's arrest related to charges brought against him in France which are separate from the charges brought against him in Japan.

Here is some good coverage from the Asia Times that might be of interest.

Thanks to @Roger Schreffler

"Here's the latest of my Carlos Ghosn/Greg Kelly reporting. It's a major breakthrough in the story. We've always felt, Brad Martin and I, that documents are the key to getting to the truth. The problem: Most of the documents can't be shared outside the courtroom because of court-secrecy rules. Anyway, I would like to thank Brad again. He's been more than an editor in my opinion. These reports all could have had a joint byline. But this one in particular is big because, based on the charges against Greg Kelly, the American tried in a Kangaroo Court, the Tokyo prosecutors' office charged the wrong man."

Part 1

https://asiatimes.com/2022/04/ghosn-shares-damning-new-documents-with-asia-times/

Part 2

https://asiatimes.com/2022/05/ghosn-coup-the-kelly-trials-shocking-backstory/

Part 3

https://asiatimes.com/2022/05/hold-brad-pulling-back-more-curtain-shiga-confesses/?fbclid=IwAR11msd9E7_n2cE676JEIGy1ssIVgQdhE0JuGnhGIWY4qve1IxrrShBiEfs

Fair enough, Lebanon is his homeland and at least Mr. Ghosn can read and speak the language and be able to communicate with the court and the system.

actually he speaks French, Arabic, Portuguese and…wait for it…Japanese.

The lesson for both Japan and France is to be careful where they hire executives from, some cultures have a reputation for being more shifty than others.

@ichigo

Can Ghosn defenders please explain why the support?

The support is due to the way trail was prosecuted. Company internal matter was made national matter. He was prisoned for year (trail was not even started yet). No bail, no family visit? What kind of system is this? Japanese executive goes free just by apologizing and small payment but foreign executive gets criminal tag without going to trail. We have never seen the bank details, wire-transfer documents, emails other such details so we don't really know who is wrong here but Kelly was released with minimum charges coz prosecutors could not find any serious evidences. Yeah we do know that the whole approach was wrong. That's why we laughed with joy while Ghosn - gone. As for Nissan who cares there are lots of better car company out here.

That's a nice way to spend retirement, fending off jail

Better to be fending it off than actually in in a Japanese prison.

Here is some good coverage from the Asia Times that might be of interest.

@Dan - thanks for sharing. It gets off to a good start:

.. a Nissan raid team that was operating in Lebanon illegally, having timed the raid to coincide with Ghosn’s arrest in Tokyo.

Yes, the raiders were operating in Lebanon illegally. Three Nissan lawyers and the automaker’s head of security for Europe and the Middle East entered the country on tourist visas, then proceeded, without warrants, on November 19, 2018, to remove personal papers, a computer and a hand-held mobile device belonging to Ghosn.

Would be a nice twist if Lebanon emits some Red Notices on the Japanese prosecutors.

Japan should have realised by now that this is Old Hat. Japan now needs to focus it's attention on reforming it's legal system.

That's a nice way to spend retirement, fending off jail

Better to be fending it off than actually in in a Japanese prison.

Not sure about that.

How long would he have stayed inside for the original charge/s?

Wouldn't he have served it out long ago already?

Hecould have been travelling around the world now

The Lebanese judge, Imad Kabalan, a public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, asked French authorities to hand over the details of the case filed against Ghosn and “if it is proven that he had committed crimes of money laundering and abuse of company assets,” he will be put on trial in Lebanon since he holds Lebanese citizenship, the judge added.

This is exactly what Ghosn wants!