Ghosn's lawyer leaves detention centre in Tokyo
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(20 Dec 2018) The lawyer of former Nissan chairman, Carlos Ghosn, left a Tokyo Detention Centre on Thursday evening after reportedly meeting with his client there. A Japanese court denied prosecutors' request Thursday to extend the detention of Ghosn, who has been charged with underreporting his pay. The Tokyo District Court said it rejected the request for another 10-day detention for Ghosn over an additional allegation dealing with financial reports in recent years. The denial is extremely rare in a country where requests from investigative authorities for extended detention are almost automatically approved. If a bail request by his lawyer is accepted by the court, Ghosn may be released within days. Prosecutors have appealed the decision, and could take further legal steps to allow them to investigate Ghosn and co-defendant and former Nissan executive Greg Kelly longer. Shin Kukimoto, deputy chief prosecutor at Tokyo District Prosecutors' Office, said that the court gave no reason for the decision. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/ede28df3de9668a6651cddb33839dfcf
