TOKYO: A lawyer for former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn said Saturday he felt betrayed by his client's escape from Japan but still understood his act, claiming it resulted from Japan's inhumane justice system. I felt betrayed," Ghosn's lawyer Takashi Takano wrote in his blog, stating that he had not been informed about the plan in advance. Ghosn is thought to have taken a private jet from Kansai Airport in western Japan, heading for Istanbul. When safely in Lebanon, Ghosn pressed this point again, saying he "would no longer be held hostage by a rigged Japanese justice system". Another lawyer for Ghosn, Junichiro Hironaka, on Saturday also said that harsh bail conditions -- notably the restrictions on contact with his wife Carole -- appeared to have motivated the tycoon's escape.

Source: New Strait Times January 04, 2020 11:03 UTC