The wife of Renault-Nissan's deposed boss, Carole Ghosn, called on Thursday Emmanuel Macron to intervene with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during the G7 summit in Biarritz to ensure that Carlos Ghosn enjoys a "fair trial".
"Ensure that his rights are respected"
"I ask President Macron to intercede on behalf of my husband with Prime Minister Abe to ensure that his rights are respected," Carole Ghosn said in a statement. "Carlos deserves a fair trial, which starts with fair bail conditions and a trial date," she said, who had already called on US President Donald Trump to intercede with the head of the country. Japanese government shortly before the G20 summit in Japan in June.
Carlos Ghosn was arrested on November 19 and spent 130 days in detention in Tokyo, accused of aggravated breach of trust and misrepresentation to the authorities during his tenure at Nissan. He was again imprisoned for three weeks before being released on bail on April 25 and subjected to a very strict judicial control in Japan, from which he can not leave the country.
Prohibited from contact with his wife
He is "still subject to a ban on contact with his wife for 140 days", according to Carole Ghosn. "To say that my husband's bail conditions are cruel and unusual would be a euphemism," she adds, saying that "Japanese justice is not aligned with the standards of other G7 countries." "This system of 'hostage justice' goes well beyond the case of my husband and should challenge the French government," she pleaded again.
The G7 summit brings together, around the French president, the leaders American, Japanese, Canadian, German, British and Italian from Saturday to Monday in the seaside resort of the Basque Country.