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Car matter 65438+1October 9 news, last night, carlos ghosn, former CEO of Nissan, held a press conference in Lebanon. At the press conference, Ghosn complained to the public about the inhumanity of the Japanese judicial system and the framing of Nissan, and refuted the Japanese accusation against him. However, Ghosn did not talk about the details of escaping from Japan.
Ghosn thinks that Japan's judicial system is very inhuman, and they have not complied with the requirements of the law. Prosecutors have great power and can change their statements freely. The prosecutor refused to let him communicate with the media, but guided public opinion to discredit his image.
At the same time, Ghosn also said that he worked for Nissan for 17 years, led Nissan from endangered to revived, and also promoted the cooperation between Nissan, Mitsubishi and Renault to become the world's largest automobile enterprise alliance, but Nissan plotted to arrest him.
Ghosn also responded to Japanese and Nissan's allegations that it illegally misappropriated CEO reserve funds and used public funds to buy a house. He thinks that the use of CEO's reserve funds is approved, and he doesn't deal with these funds at will. The properties he used in Brazil and Lebanon are also assets of Nissan. He only uses them temporarily. After leaving Nissan, if you still want to use it, buy it at your own expense.
Ghosn thought that Japan could explain and defend his testimony, but Japan didn't give him a chance. In the future, he will continue to defend himself. At present, he has collected a lot of evidence and will gradually publish the collected evidence.
▲ Press conference site
According to Bloomberg News, after the press conference, Interpool officially registered Ghosn on the wanted list. According to Interpol's red wanted order, Ghosn was "wanted by the Japanese government". The wanted order also lists Ghosn's name, age, international, language and address in detail, but there is no photo of him.
First, escape from Japan and avoid unfair treatment.
▲ Ghosn appeared at the press conference.
"I fled Japan to escape the judicial system, and I hope to get a fair trial." This is Ghosn's explanation for his escape behavior.
He said that during his stay in Japan, he was treated unfairly by the Japanese side. Japan's judicial system is very unfair, and his trial is entirely up to the individual. The prosecutor sent false information to the media and prevented him from holding a press conference.
▲ Former Nissan CEO carlos ghosn
Japanese prosecutors have also been publishing new charges to the media to discredit him, and recently issued an arrest warrant for his wife.
Ghosn also said that Japan is still deliberately delaying the investigation. He has been in prison for 14 months, but he has not yet been tried.
The Japanese arrested Ghosn on 20 18. Ghosn said that after his arrest, he was immediately supervised by Japan. During the supervision period, he only had 30 minutes of free time every day, with little free time and no corresponding drugs. Japan will censor him day and night. No lawyer was present during the inspection. Prosecutors ask questions in Japanese instead of English or French, but they don't understand Japanese.
▲ Former Nissan CEO carlos ghosn
In his speech, he repeatedly said that the Japanese side violated basic human rights and the Japanese judicial system was not perfect enough. The Japanese side should not have arrested him in the first place.
He said that there is still unfair treatment of foreigners in Japan, and the trial rate in Japan has reached 90%, while the trial rate of foreigners has exceeded 90%. He has filed a counterclaim with the Japanese prosecutor, but he also knows that this lawsuit will hardly succeed in Japan, because the acceptance rate of Japanese counterclaim is 0.6% and the probability of successful prosecution is zero.
Second, Ghosn released the details of his arrest? It is said that it was framed by some people.
For Nissan, Ghosn also expressed his dissatisfaction many times. He said that when he took over Nissan in 1999, the company almost went bankrupt, and during the 17 years he took over, Nissan became the top six car companies in the world, which brought a lot of profits to Nissan.
He also promoted the cooperation among Nissan, Mitsubishi and Renault, making it the largest automobile enterprise alliance in the world, but it was finally driven out by this alliance.
▲ Former Nissan CEO carlos ghosn announced the evidence at the press conference.
Ghosn thinks Nissan has long plotted to get rid of him. He doesn't know Japanese, so he doesn't know when Nissan started plotting. He believes that Nissan also colluded with Japanese prosecutors. After his arrest, the prosecutor quickly confiscated his passport, mobile phone and computer, and sent him to the detention center in a short time.
Ghosn also announced some companies and individuals who framed him at the scene. He said that the people who framed him included members of Nissan's board of directors and even people from the Japanese government.
It is worth mentioning that after the press conference, the Tokyo Procuratorate quickly responded and denied all the allegations of Ghosn. It believes that Ghosn's escape from Japan itself is illegal, and his remarks at today's press conference cannot explain his illegal behavior.
▲ Former Nissan CEO carlos ghosn
He thinks there are two reasons for his withdrawal. First of all, Nissan didn't want a foreigner to be their CEO, and his own nationality led to his withdrawal. The second reason is the political struggle between Nissan and Renault. The French government wanted to increase Renault's stake in Nissan, but Nissan did not accept it. On the other hand, Nissan only holds 65,438+05% shares of Renault and has no voting rights. Nissan wants to improve its control.
He said that after his arrest, the market value of Nissan-Mitsubishi-Renault Alliance lost 654.38 billion US dollars (about 69.5 billion yuan), and it lost 40 million US dollars (about 280 million yuan) every day. However, in this case, it is reported that Nissan still spent 200 million US dollars (about 65.438+04 billion yuan) to invite many people to investigate him.
3. Respond to the Japanese accusation? Ghosn said there was no corruption and bribery.
Ghosn also responded to the Japanese testimony against him at the scene.
He first responded to the issue of embezzlement. He said that the CEO reserve fund is part of the company, and the use of this money requires the consent of many people. The company's legal affairs, operation, vice president, payee and CEO all need to sign, so he has no right to misappropriate the funds without authorization.
▲ Former Nissan CEO carlos ghosn
The Japanese side also accused Ghosn of having a very close relationship with Saudi Arabia and suspected that Ghosn had received a commission from Saudi Arabia. Ghosn said that in order to promote Nissan's business, he has close ties with other countries, but the prosecutor only said that he has close ties with Saudi Arabia and thought that Saudi Arabia gave him extra fees.
He said that his account is registered in the company, and you can see if he has received any commission from Saudi Arabia by looking at the money in his account.
▲ Former Nissan CEO carlos ghosn
Ghosn also explained that Japan accused him of spending money on his birthday at Versailles. He said that Versailles is a symbol of France, and the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi alliance is also a big customer of Versailles. Versailles also said that it can give them some conference rooms for free.
Ghosn held a birthday party at Versailles and invited his supporters, partners and friends to attend. Although the venue was free, it cost 15000 euros (about RMB 1 16000 yuan) in other aspects, which was not paid from Renault's revenue, but Ghosn said that he was not told that he needed to pay from Renault's revenue at that time.
▲ Former Nissan CEO carlos ghosn
In addition, Japanese inspectors also believe that Ghosn has real estate all over the world. Ghosn said that he has used houses in Paris and Lebanon, but both properties belong to Nissan. He signed an agreement before using them and could buy back the two properties after leaving Nissan.
At the same time, he also regrets that Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi Alliance did not merge with FCA (Fiat Chrysler). If the merger is reached, this new alliance will become the largest car enterprise alliance in the world. He contacted FCA many times, but with his arrest, everything came to a standstill.
At present, FCA has chosen to cooperate with PSA (Citroen Group), and the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi alliance is close to collapse.
Ghosn also expressed dissatisfaction with the Japanese media describing him as a greedy and cold-blooded dictator. He said that when GM was in a crisis of survival, the US government approached him, hoping that he could be the CEO of GM and offered him a very high salary, but he refused, so he was not as greedy as described by Japanese media.
▲ Former Nissan CEO carlos ghosn
At the same time, he also said that after the earthquake in Japan, he was the first foreign executive to return to Japan, and he also went to the disaster-stricken area in Futian, Japan to encourage local affected employees, but Japanese prosecutors did not trust him.
Regarding dictatorship, he said that he worked in Nissan 17, during which he was interviewed by a large number of media and TV stations. During this period, no one thought he was a dictator, but it was not until 20 18 that he was said to be a dictator, which shows that the title of dictator was fabricated by Japanese prosecutors.
▲ Press conference site
At the press conference, Ghosn also expressed his next plan. He said that he fled Japan only for justice, and then he would continue to collect evidence, release more evidence to the public and prove his innocence to the world.
4. Not a prisoner in Lebanon? Willing to return to Japan for a fair trial
▲ Journalists from all over the world are waiting outside.
After the press conference, Ghosn also accepted interviews from various countries' media.
He said that the documents displayed at this conference will be provided to the media after the meeting, and the new evidence collected afterwards will also be provided to the media.
Some media believe that Ghosn ran from Japan to Lebanon only from a small cell to a big cell and will face legal sanctions. Ghosn said that he did not think he was still a prisoner in Lebanon. He has friends in Lebanon, can use mobile phones and computers, can surf the Internet, can make his own voice, and can prove his innocence after all.
▲ Carlos Ghosn, former CEO of Nissan, took questions from reporters.
He also said that although he escaped from Japan, he lived in Japan for 17 years, and he still likes Japan very much. He doesn't think that senior officials of the Japanese government are involved in framing him, but there must be people in the Japanese government who are involved in framing him, but in order to protect the international relations between Japan and Lebanon, he will not disclose their names.
Regarding whether he will be tried in Lebanon, Ghosn said that he only wants to get a fair trial. It doesn't matter where he will be tried. If Japan can give him a fair trial, he is willing to go back to Japan for trial.
▲ Press conference site
Some Japanese media said that Ghosn was once a respected entrepreneur in Japan, why did he choose to violate Japanese law? Ghosn believes that he has never done anything wrong to the Japanese public during his work in Japan, but regarding violations of Japanese laws, he believes that Japanese prosecutors have also violated Japanese laws many times. In the case that the prosecutor has violated the law, we can't just pay attention to whether he has violated Japanese law.
According to the on-site reporter, only a few Japanese media were allowed to enter the meeting site, and most of them were blocked. Ghosn said that he would communicate with these Japanese media after the press conference. This press conference just wants to invite authoritative international media to make fair reports, and he doesn't welcome those media that often discredit him.
▲ Carlos Ghosn, former CEO of Nissan, took questions from reporters.
The scene was crowded with reporters from all over the world, all scrambling to ask Ghosn questions, but some media also asked some very low-level questions. Some media asked Ghosn why he chose Lebanon instead of fleeing Brazil (Lebanon and Japan have no extradition treaty). Ghosn was also very helpless about this question, and finally answered our reporter "Lebanon was chosen because it was close."
5. Ghosn was arrested for more than 1 year? Fled abroad at the end of 20 19.
2018165438+1October 19, a passenger plane from France landed at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. After Ghosn, chairman of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Automobile Alliance, stepped off the plane, two search officers from the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office specially searched the headquarters and arrested him.
According to the Special Search Department of Tokyo District Inspection Office, Ghosn was suspected of using part of Nissan's allocated funds privately through Nissan's agency in the Middle East from 20 15 to 20 18, resulting in a loss of about 5 million US dollars (about RMB 34.73 million) to Nissan.
In addition, Ghosn was also exposed to remit Nissan's funds to a Lebanese company through the personal account of the agency's executives, which was used to buy personal yachts and flowed into companies run by relatives.
▲ Former Nissan CEO carlos ghosn
The whole arrest process was recorded by a reporter from the Japanese media Asahi Shimbun, and then the media released the news of Ghosn's arrest, which surprised the whole world.
After Ghosn was arrested, Nissan made a press release on three charges, including false income, and said that it found criminal evidence because of the report of internal employees, but Nissan did not give too much explanation to the whistleblower. Ghosn's arrest also involved Nissan representative director Greg Kelly, 1 foreign directors and 1 Japanese senior officials. * * * Four people participated in the arrest.
▲ Former Nissan CEO carlos ghosn
Since then, Ghosn has been released on bail, but he has been under the surveillance of the Japanese government since bail. Ghosn lived under surveillance for 14 months, and escaped from his residence and fled to Lebanon on February 365438+ 1 day, 2009. So far, the detailed process of escape has not been announced.
Conclusion: Ghosn began to fight back, and the Japanese auto industry will be challenged.
Ghosn never appeared in public in front of the media after being arrested by the Japanese government. The public's understanding of this case is limited to the statement issued by the Japanese procuratorial system.
On 20 19, 12, 3 1 day, Ghosn fled to Lebanon under the supervision of the Japanese government, and once again let this case enter the public eye. Last night, Ghosn held a press conference in Lebanon, which can be seen as a counterattack against Japan and Nissan.
Ghosn accused Japan's judicial system at the press conference, denounced Nissan's behavior and refuted Japan's accusations against him one by one.
However, this conference only spoke what Ghosn had been hiding in his heart. Judging from Ghosn's statement, he will continue to work hard for his innocence. There should be more information exposure next, and the Japanese auto industry will encounter Ghosn's counterattack.
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