The shareholders of the Japanese car manufacturer Nissan have discontinued their former Board of Directors chief Carlos Ghosn. Ghosn sits on suspicion of infidelity in Japan in custody, but denies all the allegations.
Ghosn after his release in early March
The decision was taken at an extraordinary General meeting of Nissan on Monday. The new Director should be according to the will of Nissan’s shareholders, as expected, the new Renault-Board of Directors-in-chief Jean-Dominique Senard.
On Thursday, the Tokyo district court had granted a request by the public Prosecutor’s office, and extended the detention of Carlos Ghosn. The former Manager of the automobile companies Nissan and Renault now needs 14 at least until the. April stay in prison. Ghosn was taken on Thursday again – just a month after he had been released after approximately one hundred days from the. The public Prosecutor has raised in the course of their investigation, new allegations against the 65-Year-old.
Ghosn is said to have transferred accordingly between the end of 2015 and mid-2018, a total of 15 million dollars (13.4 million euros) to Nissan-funds to a de facto controlled by him and society. He is to the diversion of five million dollars for private purposes and, among other things, a luxury yacht finances and investments in a firm of his son in the United States have made.
Better times: Ghosn with his wife in may 2018 at the film festival in Cannes
France assured the architects of the auto Alliance of Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi, while consular protection. The former Renault boss was subjected to the Jurisdiction as all the others, said the French economic and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, the stations RMC and BFMTV. Thus, France’s government has pledged Ghosn only the usual rights of the citizens arrested abroad are entitled to.
France’s Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire
The French channel LCI Ghosn said in front of his new arrest, he would appeal to the French government, to defend him. He was advised as a citizen abroad in a “the incredible wheels”. In a statement, which was widely used in Paris after his arrest, told the Manager: “I’m innocent.” His re-arrest was “outrageous and arbitrary”.
The lawyer of Ghosn criticized the re-arrest on Thursday sharp. The actions of the Prosecutor’s office was “outrageous,” said Junichiro Hironaka in Tokyo. The Prosecutor’s office have seized Ghosns mobile phone, diary and documents. The action of the Prosecutor was in breach of the right to a defence Ghosns, the lawyer. She wanted to put him through the re-capture under pressure. Hironaka spoke of “hostage justice”. The prosecution attempts to force Ghosn at the end of a confession.
Actually, Ghosn had on Wednesday a press conference for the 11. April announced. “I prepare myself to tell the truth about what happened,” he wrote on Twitter. Instead, you’ll post a Video with statements from him, it was now.
Ghosn had already been accused in several points of financial misconduct. He should for many years have a low income at Nissan and personal losses on the Japanese car maker to transfer declared.
Ghosn was on 19. November in Tokyo due to alleged violation of stock exchange requirements in the remand has been taken. In addition, he should have private investment losses on the Nissan transfer. He was accused, and only after a week-long detention on bail released.
Also, Renault is attacking his former boss of the group, with new allegations. There are also payments to a distributor of the car manufacturer in the Region of the Middle East, such as Renault on the previous day had told. The information had been passed on to the French justice. The Board of Directors, spoke in General terms of “the amount of countervailable and hidden practices”.
stu/as (afp, dpa)