In this April 3, 2019 photo, former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn in a car leaves his lawyer’s office in Tokyo. (Takuya Inaba/Kyodo News via AP) (Associated Press)TOKYO — The Latest on the criminal case against Nissan’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn (all times local):6:30 p.m.A Tokyo prosecutor has defended the re-arrest and detention of Nissan’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn. The lawyer for former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn has slammed his latest arrest as “hostage justice” and stressed that Ghosn met the conditions for release on bail from detention. Lawyer Junichiro Hironaka said the latest arrest on Thursday was motivated by a desire to pressure Ghosn and would hurt the legal team’s effort to prepare for the trial. ___1 p.m.A Tokyo detention center has confirmed that former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn has been already detained inside the facility following arrest over his latest allegations.

Source: Washington Post April 04, 2019 01:36 UTC