The Bloomberg News reported that the Japanese public prosecutor in the capital, Tokyo, asked Carlos Ghosn's defense authority to hand over the laptop computer that was used by the former president of Nissan Motor Company while he was working.
This came, according to what was reported by Kyodo News yesterday, from the legal representatives of Ghosn, who managed to escape from Japan to Lebanon.
Ghosn, who was arrested in Japan for the first time in November 2018 and spent more than 100 days in custody there, faces charges of dishonesty, and forging financial statements to conceal part of his income from Japan's tax authorities, charges he strongly denied.
Three informed sources told Reuters that Carlos Ghosn had fled his home in Tokyo after a private security company, which was hired by Nissan, stopped his surveillance.
The sources said that "Nissan" assigned a private security company to monitor Ghosn, who was released on bail pending his trial, to find out if he was meeting with people related to the case.
The sources added that his lawyers asked the security company to stop monitoring him, as this would be considered a violation of human rights, and stated that Ghosn was planning to file a complaint against the company.
The sources said the company had stopped monitoring by December 29.
A Nissan spokesman declined to comment.
It was not clear how Ghosn, who holds French, Brazilian and Lebanese nationalities, managed to escape his escape from Japan. A source told «Reuters» that he entered Lebanon legally with a French passport.
Ghosn said that he will speak publicly about his escape on January 8th.