Lebanese Ambassador To Japan Denies Help To Ghosn In Escape
In a turn of events, the Lebanese Ambassador to Japan has made a strong official statement to the media putting all doubts to rest that the embassy was ever involved in helping ex-Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn escape from Japan.
In a dramatic movie-like escape, Ghosn found his way out of Japan to Lebanon. He was facing trial in Japan for alleged financial misconduct and is now considered a fugitive on the run. He escaped from Japan, somehow slipping his way past immigration authorities and checkpoints. He flew out in a cargo plane to Turkey and finally arrived in Lebanon on New Year’s Eve via private jet.
Lebanon has now got the ball in its court, as it has to respond to an Interpol "red notice" for the capture and arrest of Ghosn. The businessman that holds French, Lebanese and Brazilian citizenship might have an edge in Lebanon. He is known to have made extensive investments in banking and real estate in Lebanon, an economy that is desperate for liquid cash at the moment.
On his arrival in Lebanon, Ghosn had made a public statement saying that he had "escaped injustice and political persecution” at the hands of Japanese authorities.
Probable misinformation propaganda comes from a previously oust Japanese politician Yōichi Masuzoe who made it sound that Japan does have a stringent check-in place and it as not possible for a foreign national to escape the immigration checkpoints without privileged treatment and help from the embassy.
In his official statement, Lebanon’s ambassador to Japan, Nidal Yehya has said that Ghosn has violated the conditions of his bail, as decided by the Criminal Court in Tokyo. “The Lebanese Embassy in Tokyo is keen to inform Japanese public opinion that the Lebanese embassy had absolutely no relationship or interference with how Carlos Ghosn got out of Japan.
”What the whole escape highlights is a hard fact that the Japanesejudicial system does not present a chance of fair trial but believes confession that is pre-decided by prosecutors. Ghosn was wishing for a fair trial, a reason to probably justify his escape to Lebanon
In a dramatic movie-like escape, Ghosn found his way out of Japan to Lebanon. He was facing trial in Japan for alleged financial misconduct and is now considered a fugitive on the run. He escaped from Japan, somehow slipping his way past immigration authorities and checkpoints. He flew out in a cargo plane to Turkey and finally arrived in Lebanon on New Year’s Eve via private jet.
Lebanon has now got the ball in its court, as it has to respond to an Interpol "red notice" for the capture and arrest of Ghosn. The businessman that holds French, Lebanese and Brazilian citizenship might have an edge in Lebanon. He is known to have made extensive investments in banking and real estate in Lebanon, an economy that is desperate for liquid cash at the moment.
On his arrival in Lebanon, Ghosn had made a public statement saying that he had "escaped injustice and political persecution” at the hands of Japanese authorities.
Probable misinformation propaganda comes from a previously oust Japanese politician Yōichi Masuzoe who made it sound that Japan does have a stringent check-in place and it as not possible for a foreign national to escape the immigration checkpoints without privileged treatment and help from the embassy.
In his official statement, Lebanon’s ambassador to Japan, Nidal Yehya has said that Ghosn has violated the conditions of his bail, as decided by the Criminal Court in Tokyo. “The Lebanese Embassy in Tokyo is keen to inform Japanese public opinion that the Lebanese embassy had absolutely no relationship or interference with how Carlos Ghosn got out of Japan.
”What the whole escape highlights is a hard fact that the Japanesejudicial system does not present a chance of fair trial but believes confession that is pre-decided by prosecutors. Ghosn was wishing for a fair trial, a reason to probably justify his escape to Lebanon
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