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Ghosn to reveal who he blames for arrest in Japan: wife
PARIS, April 7, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn has
recorded a message in which he names the people he believes are to blame for
his legal problems in Japan, his wife said in an interview on Sunday.
Ghosn was re-arrested last week in Japan over fresh allegations of
financial misconduct which will see him held in custody until at least April
14.
Ghosn’s wife Carole told the Journal du Dimanche newspaper in France
that he had recorded a video interview in English before his detention.
“He names the people responsable for what has happened to him. The
lawyers have it. It will be released soon,” she told the newspaper.
Carole Ghosn has flown to Paris to try to pressure the French government
to do more for her husband whose 108-day imprisonment in Japan between
November 19 and March 6 had left him a “different person,” she told The
Financial Times in a separate interview.
France’s foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Saturday he had raised
the case during talks with his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono on the
sidelines of the meeting of Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers in the
French resort of Dinard.
Le Drian said he had “reminded him of our attachment to the presumption
of innocence and the full rights of consular protection.”
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