AFP, TOKYOThe usually staid Japanese media yesterday criticized “cowardly” former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn after the tycoon jumped bail and fled to Lebanon to avoid trial in Japan. Ghosn is facing multiple charges of financial misconduct — all of which he denies. “Running away is a cowardly act that mocks Japan’s justice system,” the Yomiuri Shimbun said. The Tokyo Shimbun also said that Ghosn’s actions had made a mockery of the Japanese justice system. “The defendant Ghosn insists he escaped political persecution ... but traveling abroad without permission is against the conditions of his bail and mocks the Japanese justice system,” it wrote.

Source: Taipei Times January 01, 2020 16:07 UTC