TOKYO: The usually staid Japanese media lambasted the 'cowardly' Carlos Ghosn on Wednesday (Jan 1), after the tycoon jumped bail and fled to Lebanon to avoid trial in Japan.
The property of Carlos Ghosn, former head of Nissan Motor and Renault, in Beirut, Lebanon. Ghosn, the fallen automotive titan facing trial for financial crimes, fled to Lebanon to escape Japan. - Bloomberg
"The defendant Ghosn insists he escaped political persecution... but travelling abroad without permission is against the conditions of his bail, and mocks the Japanese justice system," the paper wrote. Prosecutors had argued at the time that he was a flight risk with powerful connections, but Ghosn himself had said he wanted to be tried to prove his innocence.
In December 2018, the court declined prosecutors' request to extend Ghosn's detention by 10 days -- a surprising decision as the extension is usually almost automatic.
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