"We can't forget his suffering."
"He will be arrested because he is honest enough."
At the press conference in Lebanon, Ghosn twice mentioned Greg, a former confidant and former representative director and human resources director of Nissan. ? Kelly (Greg? Kelly), he was emotional and thanked and apologized to his comrades many times.
Time goes back to a year ago, Greg? ? Kelly was dragged down by the Ghosn incident and was arrested by the Japanese authorities on the day he flew back to Japan from the United States. He was detained for four months without any signs of trial.
After successfully fleeing to Lebanon, Ghosn was obviously difficult to be sanctioned by Japanese justice, but his departure caused many follow-up problems-
Especially Greg? ? Kelly's fate.
According to the analysis of many professionals around the world, Kelly is still a victim of the Japanese hostage justice system, and it is very likely that she will bear the pressure alone after Ghosn fled, and the most serious one will be sentenced to more than 10 years in prison. Kelly, 63, is still on bail in Japan. He was accused of a crime similar to Ghosn's and was suspected of? "Deep participation"? Ghosn's financial misconduct was reported, including underreporting Ghosn's salary.
Shinjiro Harahara, a well-known Japanese lawyer, recently said that according to Japanese criminal law, only minor charges can be tried without the defendant. Ghosn's complex case obviously does not meet this premise, because the Japanese prosecutor is very likely to try the two separately.
Every weekday morning, Kelly goes to the lawyer's office in Tokyo to complete an arduous task: reviewing nearly one billion pages of documents. And his wife Donna Lynn Kelly (Donna? Lynn. Kelly) will go to Japanese class as usual, because it determines whether she can continue to travel freely to and from Japan and the United States in the next few years.
This is the daily life of the Kelly couple waiting for trial.
Kelly's trial was originally scheduled for April this year, but after Ghosn left Japan on Christmas Eve, the scheduled trial time increased some uncertainty. According to the Financial Times, Kelly's preliminary hearing in the next few days may reveal more information about the formal trial.
Kelly's passport was taken away by the police as early as 20 18 1 1. As a colleague of Ghosn and a nominal internal auditor of Nissan, he has been trying to defend his criminal charges and claim that he is innocent. His only wish is to return to his home in Tennessee, USA.
At the age of 63, he suffered from spinal diseases. The stress after his arrest once aggravated his illness. He often has weak limbs, unsteady gait and even falls to the ground several times.
In Beirut, Lebanon, Ghosn owns a pink luxury villa in a prosperous area. He also owns several high-end properties in Tokyo, Japan, while Kelly, on the other hand, lives in an apartment in Tokyo. According to Japanese media reports, the apartment is small, but clean and tidy.
Before his arrest, Ghosn frequently flew around the world. He is a favored son of heaven and a powerful public figure, and he has the opportunity to become the focus of the public almost every day. But Kelly, on the other hand, lives a low-key and plain life on weekdays. Close to close friends, Kelly's life is very American and her expenses are not extravagant.
But now, he is trapped in Japan, and his fate is uncertain. Unable to go abroad, Kelly didn't even go to Seattle to meet her new grandson in person.
At present, Kelly's wife can still visit relatives in the United States, but she spends most of her time with her husband in Tokyo. She must spend several hours learning Japanese every day, because it will affect the success rate of subsequent visas. If the final result is not satisfactory, she is likely to be forced to leave Japan and unable to meet her husband freely.
Kelly used to be a lawyer, 1988 joined Nissan. He and his wife had two children in the United States in their early years, until 2008, 20 years later, the fate of this family took a major turning point.
At that time, Kelly was promoted to the senior manager of Nissan's human resources department and decided to live in Japan with his wife and children. He later became Nissan's new senior vice president on 20 12, and successfully joined the company's board of directors, becoming Nissan's first American director, and gradually became Ghosn's most trusted executive during the running-in.
In fact, Kelly retired to Tennessee on 20 15, but still retained the board seat. The couple have been discussing their life after retirement. They yearned for the possibility of relaxing part-time jobs in Japan, but with Ghosn's arrest, all their expectations were completely dashed.
Kelly is based on the Japanese magazine Literature Spring and Autumn (Bungei? Shunju) recalled that in the winter of 20 18, a Nissan executive urged him to return to Japan to attend the board of directors. At that time, he was preparing for spinal surgery. He refused several times and was unwilling to leave.
But Nissan officials insisted that he come in person, and promised that the company would send a plane to pick him up, and also promised that the meeting would end in three days so that he could catch up with the upcoming Thanksgiving.
And everyone saw it.
Minutes after arriving in Tokyo, Kelly was arrested.
For the next 34 days, Kelly was locked in a cell in the Tokyo detention center and slept in a bunk on the floor. Although he finally underwent spinal surgery in Tokyo, he was overwhelmed by tremendous mental pressure several times and his health deteriorated sharply.
20 19 September CSRC (securities? And then what? Exchange? Commission) accused Kelly, Ghosn and Nissan of violating the US information disclosure law. Kelly agreed to pay $654.38 million+and accept a five-year ban: prohibiting him from being an executive of any American listed company in order to end the charges without admitting or denying the crime.
"The truth will come out."
Kelly said in a public video that he was wrongly accused of being part of internal corruption and became a victim of this incident. However, he is still honest and proud of serving Nissan. "It is an honor to work for this company for more than 30 years."
Ghosn escaped, leaving Kelly behind. While waiting for the trial, Kelly still has to deal with a mountain of documents sent by the prosecution, and she must stay in the law firm for several hours every day.
Japan's judicial system has been criticized and questioned by the industry because of Ghosn and Kelly's related cases. 20 19 April, there were more than 1000 Japanese scholars and lawyers, including Ghosn's lawyer Junichiro Koizumi? Hironaka) jointly signed a letter from Human Rights Watch criticizing Japan's "hostage justice" system.
Only in the article written by the Japanese Sankei Media, the Nissan executive who was once all-powerful with Ghosn is aging at a speed visible to the naked eye. He firmly believes that the truth will come out one day, but when will this day come? With Ghosn's escape from prison, Kelly's trial was cast a new shadow.
Text/North Shore
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