The French lawyer of former auto titan
Carlos Ghosn, currently under house arrest in Tokyo, has attacked
Japanese prosecutors for an alleged lack of impartiality and questioned
how his client can receive a fair trial.
The former chief of both Renault and its Japanese partner Nissan is awaiting trial in Japan on charges of financial misconduct.
He was kept behind bars for over 100 days before being granted bail and sacked from all his management roles.
"It is time to condemn the human rights violations of which the Tokyo
prosecutor is guilty," Francois Zimeray, wrote in France's Journal du
Dimanche, adding that there had been "serious breaches of the duty of
impartiality such as staggering collusion with Nissan and the political
authorities".
"Everything seems to be permissable for the Japanese prosecutor for whom
the game is as much not to lose face as to sabotage the French
influence on Nissan by protecting its current management with whom he
has reached a secret deal," Zimeray charged.
Ghosn is accused of under-reporting millions of dollars in income at
Nissan and of using company funds for personal expenses -- charges he
denies.
Zimeray said that "everything had been done to establish Carlos Ghosn's
guilt before his trial", including through the leaking of information to
the media, the source of which was clearly "the Tokyo prosecutor".
He called Ghosn's treatment "discriminatory" and said such "extreme harassment" compromised the possibility of a fair trial.
The 65-year-old Ghosn was arrested in Japan in November as he stepped off his private jet at Tokyo airport.
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