Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn is likely to appear in a Japanese court next Tuesday to hear the reasons for his detention, after his lawyers deployed a little-used article of the Constitution. The shock move was the latest in a series of unexpected twists in a case that has
Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn is likely to appear in a Japanese court next Tuesday to hear the reasons for his detention, after his lawyers deployed a little-used article of the Constitution.
The shock move was the latest in a series of unexpected twists in a case that has gripped Japan and the business world since the once-revered auto tycoon was arrested on his private jet at a Tokyo airport on Nov 19.
The Tokyo District Court said Friday his hearing would start at 10:30 a.m. in its court room, with Ghosn expected to appear.
« Mr Ghosn today submitted a request for the disclosure of the reasons for his detention, » the court said.
Article 34 of Japan’s Constitution stipulates that « no person shall be arrested or detained without being at once informed of the charges against him or without the immediate privilege of counsel. »
« Nor shall he be detained without adequate cause; and upon demand of any person such cause must be immediately shown in open court in his presence and the presence of his counsel, » it says.
