In a witness cross-examination of former CEO Greg Kelly, who was accused of disclosing less of the compensation of former chairman Carlos Ghosn of Nissan Motor, former president Nishikawa said until one month before the former chairman was arrested He testified that he did not know that an internal investigation was taking place.
Hiroto Saikawa, the former president of Nissan, was called as a witness on the 24th in a trial in which former Nissan CEO Greg Kelly (64) was accused of disclosing less compensation to former chairman Ghosn.
In previous trials, Nissan's managing executive officer testified that an internal investigation had been conducted in January 2018, 10 months before the former chairman was arrested, prior to the investigation by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office. It has become clear that the investigation was carried out in secret.
However, the internal investigation seems to have been hidden by former president Nishikawa, and in a witness cross-examination on the 25th, former president Nishikawa received a report in mid-October 2018, about one month before the arrest of the former chairman. He said, "I never knew that Gone had unpaid compensation, which was the difference from the original compensation, until I received the report of the internal investigation. That is true."
On top of that, former president Nishikawa said, "I have been working for a long time thinking that Ghosn is a wonderful leader, but I was betrayed again by knowing the injustice and feeling betrayed. If Ghosn is betrayed again by escape. If you feel like it, I would like you to make a negative liquidation and create an environment where Nissan can move forward. "