Lebanese judicial officials say authorities in Beirut have questioned two people at Turkey's request on suspicion of being involved in the 2019 escape of an auto tycoon from Japan to Lebanon.
FILE - Former Nissan executive Carlos Ghosn speaks during an interview in Beirut, Lebanon on June 23, 2023. Ghosn, the former rock star businessman who fell from grace, is the subject of a multi-part documentary series, Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn," premiering globally on Apple TV+, Friday, Aug. 25.
from Japan landed. The pilot, officials said, denied that he got paid to help in Ghosn escape to Beirut. The Associated Press agreed to withold the pilot's name at the request of officials. Zayek told Lebanese judicial officials that he did not know Ghosn before the escape adding that in 2019 he met Taylor in Dubai then they flew to Japan to attend a concert, the officials said on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. They quoted Zayek as saying that while in Japan, Taylor said that they should head to Lebanon and they boarded a plane where he saw two large boxes and flew to Turkey and then to Beirut.
Ghosn was arrested in Japan in November 2018 on charges of breach of trust, misusing company assets for personal gain and violating securities laws by not fully disclosing his compensation.
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