China News Service, August 6th. According to the Japanese "Oriental News" report, on the afternoon of the 4th local time, a large-scale explosion occurred in a warehouse storing chemicals in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, causing 135 deaths and about 5,000 injuries. . Japanese media said that the residence of Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman of Nissan Motors, who fled to Lebanon at the end of 2019 due to involvement in the lawsuit, was also damaged in the explosion.
On the evening of August 4, local time, a violent explosion occurred in the port area of Beirut, Lebanon.
According to reports, Ghosn’s residence in Lebanon is about 5 kilometers away from the explosion site. His wife Carol said in an interview with the media, “We have nothing to do, but the home (during the explosion) was damaged and the entire Beirut was destroyed. Up".
Data map: Carlos Ghosn, former chairman of Nissan Motor Company.
In November 2018, Ghosn was arrested in Japan on suspicion of underreporting huge personal income and embezzling company funds for private expenses and other economic problems. Ghosn denies all allegations. In April 2019, Ghosn was arrested again. After that, the court agreed to Ghosn's bail, but asked him not to leave Japan. The Japanese court was originally scheduled to hear the Ghosn case in April 2020, but Ghosn left Japan and arrived in Lebanon at the end of 2019.