PARIS/TOKYO: Carlos Ghosn, the ousted boss of the Renault-Nissan carmaking alliance who was grounded in Japan while awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct, was in Lebanon as of Monday, a person close to Ghosn told Reuters.
The person, who declined to be identified, did not elaborate on how Ghosn reached Lebanon and said the former Nissan chairman - who is out on bail with conditions including handing his passport in to Japanese authorities - would issue a statement"soon".
Japan does not have an extradition treaty with Lebanon, according to Japan's justice ministry, making it unlikely that he could be forced to return to Tokyo to face trial.On Monday, French newspaper Les Echos cited an unidentified source and a report in Lebanese newspaper L'Orient-Le Jour saying Ghosn, who holds both French and Lebanese citizenship, was in Beirut.
The Wall Street Journal cited people familiar with the matter saying Ghosn had"fled" Japan and travelled to Lebanon via Turkey, arriving on Monday. One unidentified person told the newspaper Ghosn did not believe he would get a fair trial in Japan and was"tired of being an industrial political hostage".BACKSTABBING
The case cast a harsh light on Japan's criminal justice system, which allows suspects to be detained for long periods and prohibits defence lawyers from being present during interrogations that can last eight hours a day.
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