“Their international reputation for law, for justice, for rule of law, has been significantly tarnished,” New York Times columnist Jim Stewart says about Japan in the wake of Carlos Ghosn’s escape.
Ghosn reportedly was smuggled out of Tokyo by a private security company and used Turkish private jets to fly to Istanbul and then to Beirut, where he spent some of his childhood. Japanese public broadcaster NHK said last week that while out on bail, Ghosn had been allowed to carry a French passport.
Mori said Monday that Japan's government will introduce tighter immigration checks to prevent a repeat incident, and that departure procedures have already been strengthened at airports."The government is currently working toward revising the existing law and we will swiftly take into consideration measures to address the problem of absconding," she said.
Japan's justice minister added that she could potentially request extradition of Ghosn from Lebanon, where the former executive is believed to be hiding out. According to Reuters, Interpol — the international police alliance — placed an arrest demand on Lebanon's internal security forces last week. Several media outlets have cited a lawyer for Ghosn who reported that the fugitive is to hold a press conference in Beirut on Wednesday.
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