Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office: "It is difficult for Ghosn's surrender

At the regular meeting of Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office on Nissan's former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, who fled to Lebanon in the Middle East, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office stated that it was generally difficult to obtain extradition from the other country. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office, through the Ministry of Justice, will also work with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take all possible measures to secure the status of the former chairman.

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office held a regular press conference on the 9th, and many foreign media and other questions asked about former Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. defendant Carlos Ghosn (65) who had met in Lebanon in the Middle East where he fled on Thursday night, Japan time. came out.

In this context, Deputy Attorney Takahiro Saito said that Ghosn's surrender was to be delivered. "In general, it is very difficult to receive a surrender from a country where domestic law prohibits the surrender of its own people. And negotiations will be necessary, so I would like to take as much action as possible in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Ministry of Justice. "

He further expressed his intention to conduct a thorough investigation, stating that if there were any contributors to the expulsion of former President Ghosn, there was a possibility that criminal asylum could be committed.

Lebanon has forbidden to surrender its citizens to other countries under domestic law, and Ghosn said at a conference on Tuesday that the Lebanese government was unlikely to respond.

On the 8th, Former President Ghosn said on August 8 that he had been compelled to confess in an interrogation while in custody, said Deputy Attorney Saito, "The situation of the interrogation has been recorded. The prosecutor imposed his own plots and confessed his confession. It's clear that we haven't done any forensic investigations. "