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nitpicker

(7,153 posts) Thu Jan 2, 2020, 06:31 AM Jan 2020

Turkey detains pilots in Carlos Ghosn case

https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-detains-pilots-in-carlos-ghosn-case/a-51858908

Turkey detains pilots in Carlos Ghosn case

Turkish authorities detained seven people, including four pilots, for questioning on Thursday in relation to disgraced ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn evading justice in Japan and fleeing to Lebanon. According to Turkish media, Ghosn landed in Istanbul on his way to Lebanon.

The Hurriyet news website, citing an interior ministry official, said that the authorities had not been notified of Ghosn's arrival and his presence in the country had not been registered. It is believed Ghosn then boarded a private jet to Beirut.

Ghosn has said he fled Japan before his trial because of the country's "rigged" justice system where "guilt is presumed, discrimination is rampant and basic human rights are denied."

Japanese investigators entered and searched his Tokyo apartment on Thursday, hunting for clues as to how he was able to escape.
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Turkey detains pilots in Carlos Ghosn case (Original Post) nitpicker Jan 2020 OP

A Turkish private jet firm says a rogue employee acted alone... LessAspin Jan 2020 #1

NPR LessAspin Jan 2020 #2

Ghosn fled Japan after security firm hired by Nissan stopped surveillance Eugene Jan 2020 #4

Manager at Turkish jet operator told authorities he helped Ghosn escape because of threats: newspape Eugene Jan 2020 #3

LessAspin

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1. A Turkish private jet firm says a rogue employee acted alone...

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2. NPR

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Eugene

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4. Ghosn fled Japan after security firm hired by Nissan stopped surveillance

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Sat Jan 4, 2020, 08:32 PM

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Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS JANUARY 4, 2020 / 2:03 AM / UPDATED 8 HOURS AGO

Ghosn fled Japan after security firm hired by Nissan stopped surveillance

Maki Shiraki
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn left his Tokyo residence after a private security firm hired by Nissan Motor Co stopped monitoring him, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Saturday.

Ghosn has become an international fugitive after he revealed on Tuesday he had fled to Lebanon to escape what he called a “rigged” justice system in Japan, where he faces charges relating to alleged financial crimes.

Nissan had hired a private security company to watch Ghosn, who was on bail and awaiting trial, to check whether he met any people involved in the case, the three sources said.

But his lawyers warned the security company to stop watching him as it would be a violation of his human rights, and Ghosn was planning to file a complaint against the company, the sources said.

The security company stopped its surveillance by Dec. 29, the sources said.

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Eugene

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3. Manager at Turkish jet operator told authorities he helped Ghosn escape because of threats: newspape

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Sat Jan 4, 2020, 08:29 PM

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JAPAN JANUARY 4, 2020 / 8:09 AM / UPDATED 8 HOURS AGO

Manager at Turkish jet operator told authorities he helped Ghosn escape because of threats: newspaper

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A manager at Turkish jet operator MNG Jet has told authorities that he assisted unwittingly in the escape of ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn from Japan because he had been threatened by a former acquaintance, Hurriyet newspaper reported on Saturday.

Turkish authorities have arrested five suspects, including MNG Jet operations manager Okan Kosemen, on charges of migrant smuggling as part of an investigation into Ghosn’s transit through Turkey en route to Lebanon.

Hurriyet said Kosemen told authorities that a former acquaintance from Beirut had asked him for assistance on what he called a matter of “international significance” and had told him that his family would be harmed if he refused.

The paper did not name the acquaintance who allegedly made the threat.

“I was scared. I took a man from one jet and put him into the other one at the airport. I did not know who he was,” Hurriyet quoted Kosemen as saying in his statement to authorities.

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