Carlos Ghosn files complaint for extended detention

Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman of Nissan Motor, has filed a complaint with the Tokyo District Court to protest its decision to keep him detained until December 20 after his arrest on suspicion of financial misconduct, Kyodo News reported.

The court on Tuesday approved Ghosn’s detention for 10 days after prosecutors re-arrested him for under-reporting his income over the last three years. He was first arrested on November 19 for the same crime, covering the five years from 2010.

On Monday, Ghosn was charged for the first case.

Ghosn’s lawyer in Tokyo, Motonari Otsuru, could not be reached at his office for comment.

Ghosn will remain in detention with no possibility of bail as long as he remains a criminal suspect. From the indictment, cases typically take months to go to trial, during which most indicted suspects who deny wrongdoing are refused bail.

Brazil-born Ghosn, aged 64, was the architect of the Renault-Nissan alliance and brought Mitsubishi on board in 2016. In the past, he has been hailed a hero in Japan for turning around the ailing Nissan.

Nissan and Mitsubishi both sacked Ghosn as chairman after the arrest last month.

Renault said at the time Ghosn would remain as its chairman and chief executive but has appointed a temporary deputy chief executive to take over the running of the firm.