Following a secretive escape final week from Japan to Lebanon, former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn publicly defended himself Wednesday — for the prima
Following a secretive escape final week from Japan to Lebanon, former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn publicly defended himself Wednesday — for the primary time since his preliminary arrest in November 2018 — in opposition to accusations of economic misconduct and misuse of company assets.
Ghosn adamantly denied all charges against him and defended his resolution to turn out to be a world fugitive by fleeing Japan as a necessity to obtain a good trial and “escape injustice.”
‘It is about confession’
“I need to have the ability to converse, I need to have the ability to defend myself,” Ghosn advised CNBC’s Michelle Caruso-Cabrera following a greater than two-hour press convention in Lebanon. “I need a justice system the place assault and protection have the identical rights, and it is balanced and let the reality occur. I used to be within the system the place it isn’t in regards to the fact, it is about successful. It is about confession.”
Relating to his escape from Japan, Ghosn declined to provide specifics, saying he didn’t wish to get anybody who helped him in bother. The plan reportedly included a former U.S. Military Inexperienced Beret and the ex-executive hiding in a music gear case.
Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn advised CNBC’s Michelle Caruso-Cabrera that he has been “reborn” since escaping from Japan to Lebanon.
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“I am not going to verify or say something,” he mentioned. “However I can inform you that it’s clearly, you already know,…