National News Agency
Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who is awaiting trial in Japan, arrived in Beirut on Monday night, saying that he “will no longer be held hostage by a rigged Japanese justice system.”
“I am now in Lebanon. … I have not fled justice - I have escaped injustice and political persecution,” Ghosn said in the statement.
Ghosn criticized the Japanese justice system where “guilt is presumed, discrimination is rampant, and basic human rights are denied, in flagrant disregard of Japan’s legal obligations under international law and treaties it is bound to uphold.”
“I can now finally communicate freely with the media, and look forward to starting next week,” he said.
