Carlos Ghosn

The former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn said the decision to flee to Japan, where he was accused of financial irregularities, was The Most difficult of his life.

lecture on a much-anticipated press conference, Mr Ghosn described himself as a "hostage" in the country a choice between dying, or it's running.

He claims the prosecution had tried to break his spirit by blocking any contact with his wife Carole.

He fled into Lebanon on 29. December.

The former Nissan and Renault Executive said of The Room Packed with journalists from all over the world, the demands of its treatment in Japan, with international standards of justice.

In prison, Mr Ghosn said he was kept in a cell with a small window, and only allowed to shower twice per week. He also claimed to have spent 130 days in a windowless cell, in solitary confinement.

Mr Ghosn said he was interrogated for up to eight hours on the day, without any lawyers present, and described his "sense of hopelessness", as "profound".

"I was brutally taken from my work, as I knew it, torn from my work, My Family and my friends," he said.

It is the First Time , Mr Ghosn has spoken publicly since his escape from House Arrest in Japan. He did not give details of his dramatic escape, in spite of the widespread speculation about how he managed to leave the country undetected and reported that participation in a musical instrument case. He said the provision of more information would potentially threaten the human had helped him.

he pressed can give back his "deep gratitude, with My Family and loved ones. "

In a statement after The Press conference, the prosecutors in Japan said: "Ghosn ignore the allegations entirely, his own behavior and his one-sided criticism of the Japanese Criminal Justice system is totally unacceptable," The Statement said.

Mr Ghosn "has to be said only to make themselves of accusations that they detained and arrested," she said.

the prosecutors claim that Mr Ghosn made a multi-million dollar payment to a Nissan dealer in Oman. Nissan, meanwhile, has his own criminal complaint against Mr Ghosn, has filed money from The Company , accusing him of diverting for his own personal gain.

He is also accused of under-reporting his own salary.

Mr Ghosn insists he is innocent, all the accusations against him.

It was a bravura performance. Mr Ghosn is not The Star of the auto industry, but whatever The Truth or otherwise of the charges against him, he still knows exactly How To work in a room.

He railed against the Japanese judiciary, which he said violated the basic principles of humanity. He condemned the "vindictive, inglorious people", he claimed, were conspiring against him. He offered a detailed defense against the claims of the Japanese prosecutors filed against him, and to find the time to rip, in the way he claimed, Nissan and Renault are now bad.

We can now expect that his arguments are carefully scrutinised and No Doubt , both Nissan and the Japanese government will react. But, verily, he Dies seized in The Agenda and, combined with its dramatic escape, which she did, sort of.

Mr Ghosn lawyers had told him it would be five years before he could expect a decision in The Matter , he said.

He came Under Pressure to admit to the alleged crimes, he said, the thing to the end.

"not is It the worse For You , if you only profess,' the Prosecutor said to me again and again," he said at The Press conference.

He, that The Conviction rate in Japan, which had led to about 99%, To Believe him, he would get a Fair Trial .

As a result, he claimed, it was not hard to come to the decision that he would either die or in Japan. Get Out ".

Mr Ghosn believes that he is The Victim of a conspiracy between Nissan and the Japanese judiciary. He claims they want to oust him from his role at the forefront of Nissan's concerns about Renault's growing influence.

In 1999, he helped mastermind an offer seen that Renault rescue Nissan from The Brink of bankruptcy.

Now, the French car maker has a 43% stake in its Japanese partner, while Nissan has 15% of Renault.

"Some of my Japanese friends thought that the only way to get rid of The Influence of Renault on the Nissan to get rid of me," he said.

said, in answer to A Question from the BBC, Mr Ghosn, he think that the plot was so high, as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe .

On Tuesday, the Japanese authorities issued a warrant for the arrest of Mr Ghosn wife Carole, who was accused of a false statement.

Mr Ghosn, was arrested initially in February 2018. He was later released on bail and under House Arrest , but he was transfixed by the sight of his wife.

Then, in the last days of 2019, he skipped bail, on Board a private jet that took him to Turkey, before he is in Lebanon, where a citizen, and where his wife waited.

Source of news: bbc.com