Having pulled off an escape from Japan to Lebanon, former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn is now free to speak his mind.
that Lebanon had pressed for Ghosn’s return one week before the escape and that he had the help of private security operatives who had been planning the operation for months. Quoting a person close to the Ghosn family, the Financial Times said the security operatives had split into several teams operating in different countries. Preparations were assisted by Japanese supporters of Ghosn, said two people familiar with the situation.
“I have not fled justice,” Ghosn said in the first emailed statement after his exit from Japan. “I have escaped injustice and political persecution.” An even more robust indictment ofGhosn’s arrest revived long-standing concerns about the fairness of Japan’s judicial system, where prosecutors can grill suspects repeatedly without their lawyers present and enjoy an almost 100% conviction rate.Under the terms of the executive’s bail, the courts restricted contact with his family.
“I’m talking here about a few executives who, obviously for their own interests and for their own selfish fears, are creating a lot of value destruction. Names? You know them,” Ghosn hinted in his video. Now, Ghosn may be ready to disclose names.In his video, Ghosn also criticized Nissan’s management for the company’s poor performance, saying it lost sight of the need to move the alliance with Renault forward.
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