Carlos Ghosn no longer has the right to leave Lebanon. The former boss of Renault and Nissan has no right to leave Lebanon and must keep the authorities informed of his place of residence, we learned Thursday from a judicial source.
The decision was taken by the Attorney General of the Republic, Ghassan Oueidat, after a hearing by Lebanese investigators from the deposed car magnate, who is the subject of an Interpol arrest warrant at the request of the Japan said this source.
The lawyer for Carlos Ghosn in Lebanon could not be reached immediately, but he told the Lebanese media that his client was very satisfied with the progress of the legal proceedings in Lebanon.
A trial in Lebanon?
A light trial of the former boss could take place in Lebanon. Affirming that he had not fled “justice but injustice” by escaping from Japan (where he was to appear to answer for his four indictments), he hinted, this Wednesday in Beirut, that he would be willing to appear in court to “wash away his honor”.
“I’m ready for it, but only if I can be guaranteed a fair trial,” he insisted, after assuring that the Japanese system would never have given him access to an impartial judgment. Believing that a formal and official appearance before a real court would serve his strategy of rebuilding his reputation, Carlos Ghosn could be tempted to organize this trial directly in Lebanon.