Ghoen defends detailed steps to departure Security camera video trace January 6 19:20
The problem was that Nissan's former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, secretly left Lebanon in the Middle East. In an investigation called the "relay method" that traces the images of security cameras, it has become clear that Former President Ghosn has taken a detailed step before leaving Japan. According to officials, the former chairman left his residence on the 29th of last month, then joined two men who are believed to be Americans in Tokyo and moved to Osaka by bullet train, hiding in a big box from Kansai Airport The prosecution is proceeding in more detail because it seems that he departed on a private jet.
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Carlos Ghosn, 65, the former chairman of Nissan Motors, who was banned from traveling abroad, entered Lebanon in the Middle East last month.
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office and police are investigating allegedly violating the Immigration Control Law as having left the country by illegal means, but former president Ghosn leaves Japan in an investigation called `` relay method '' that follows the images of security cameras The detailed steps up to now have been understood.
According to officials, Ghosn went out of his house in Tokyo Minato Ward, where he had been on bail at around 2:30 pm on September 29, and went to a luxury area in Minato Ward, about 800 meters away from his home. It means that she had joined two men who seemed to be Americans at the hotel.
It is said that the three people took the Tokaido Shinkansen from JR Shinagawa Station shortly after 4:30 pm and arrived at Shin-Osaka Station before 7:30 pm.
Former chairman of the luxury hotel Ghosn near the airport disappears
After 8:00 pm, the three arrived at a luxury hotel near Kansai Airport. About two hours later, before 10 pm, two men who appeared to be co-workers left the hotel and former Ghosn appeared. Instead, the camera was showing two people carrying two large boxes.
The two men arrived at Kansai Airport around 10:30 pm, boarded a private jet to Turkey and took off from Kansai Airport at 11:10 pm on the 29th.
According to the parties involved, the two large boxes were brought to the private jet as a case related to music, but this case had not been examined by X-ray before departure.
In addition, interviews with stakeholders revealed that the security cameras installed in the private jet lounge at Kansai Airport did not show any persons who might be former Ghosn.
The public prosecutor and police are trying to find out more about the details of the former President Ghosn's hiding in a large box with the cooperation of two Americans who joined in Tokyo and departed by private jet.
9 luggage and 5 passengers
An interview with aviation officials revealed details of the luggage and passengers brought to the private jet that Ghosn used to depart from Kansai Airport.
According to officials, the private jet brought nine luggage, including two music-related cases, three suitcases, and four handbags.
It was also found that there were five pilots and other crew members and passengers on board. However, it has not been confirmed that any of these persons are considered Ghosn.
Are the passengers two former American special units?
An interview with aviation officials revealed that the private jet's crew list had two American men listed as passengers.
According to officials, the roster of the jet included three crew members, including Turkish pilots, and two U.S. men as passengers.
For one of the American passengers, the U.S. influential newspaper, The Wall Street Journal, was abducted in Afghanistan in 2009 when he once belonged to a special unit of the U.S. Army and contracted with a private military company. Reports that it is the same name as the person involved in the rescue of a leading newspaper reporter.
Customs officer without large case inspection
By the way, when this private jet departed from Kansai Airport, there was a large case in the baggage, but customs officials did not open the case and did not carry out an inspection to check the inside, an interview with airport officials Now I understand newly.
Airport officials said that the luggage of a private jet departing from Kansai Airport to Turkey late last month was a large case or suitcase.
Of these, the large case had casters, so it was said that several people, such as those involved in the company that supported the operation, pushed them by hand and brought them to the customs officer who went to the private jet lounge. At that time, an interview with airport officials revealed that customs officials had not opened a large case and conducted an inspection to check inside.
In addition, there is an X-ray inspection device in the dedicated lounge, but especially for checking large-sized luggage, it is necessary to use another X-ray inspection device at a remote place, so this time X-ray No inspection was done. Related organizations are examining the situation at that time in detail.
Private jet sweet security inspection
According to Japanese aviation officials, private jets are different from regular regular flights used by unspecified majority, and passengers are identified, so security checks to prevent terrorism and hijacking are checked from regular flights Can be sweet.
Also, it is said that there are cases where X-ray inspection is not performed, especially for large-sized packages, because ordinary X-ray inspection machines cannot be used.
In response to this incident, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has decided to consider strengthening security inspections for private jets, such as thorough baggage inspection at boarding gates.
Expert: Did you sew a prejudice?
Regarding Ghosn's departure from Kansai Airport using a private jet, experts familiar with aviation policy pointed out that there was a prejudice that users of private jets were OK, and that the gap was sewn doing.
Professor Hajime Tozaki of Sakurabayashi University, who is familiar with domestic and international aviation policies on private jets, said, "Private jets cost millions and tens of millions of dollars, which is much higher than the first-class passenger aircraft. It is unlikely that the wealthy or the top of the company will cause a problem, and there is a preconception that it is ok and may be a little looser than a normal test. "
Regarding the security inspection of luggage, which also has the purpose of preventing terrorism and hijacking, `` Private jet users are not expected to bring anything harmful to themselves, so it is somewhat slower than ordinary inspections There are some aspects that cannot be helped. "
About 10 years ago, the government has begun to improve convenience by simplifying procedures, and the number of airport arrivals and departures in Japan has increased approximately 1.5 times.
Regarding the departure this time, Professor Tozaki said, "While the regulations have been deregulated and ease of use has improved, the gap may have been sewn at a time when the system such as baggage inspection is not sufficiently established."
Regarding the future issues related to private jets, "It is said that VIPs are coming from all over the world and many private jets will come to the Tokyo Olympics. Strict inspections will be discussed in the future, but convenience I think it is a very difficult task to balance improvement and safety measures. "
`` Departure plan carefully several months ago ''
Meanwhile, the leading American newspaper The Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday that former Ghosn's departure plan was set out several months ago, involving 10 to 15 people from several different countries. I was told.
The team visited Japan more than 20 times, visited at least 10 airports in Japan, and at Kansai International Airport, when there was no private jet terminal available, people were empty and oversized luggage was inspected at the airport He says he has found a "gigantic security hole" that will not allow him to enter the plane.
Ghosn also decided to implement the departure plan late last month, finding out that the trial was set to last several years and that his wife Carroll would not be allowed to meet on vacation. It was later.
As the departure plan emerges as a possibility, it will be noted how Ghosn said at a press conference in Beirut on August 8 regarding the process.