Book on Ghosn case to be suspended

A Japanese lawyer who h been interviewing former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn says prosecutors have underestimated how easy it would be to build a case against him.Charges against Ghosn allege he under-reported his promised compensation in documents and breached trust in making dubious payments.

buo Gohara, said he believes Japanese authorities h a "lax view" when building case against Ghosn.Speaking to a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday he said: "I believe, y felt that it was going to be much easier to arrest Mr. Ghosn under alleged violation of financial instrument act and obtain ir mission from both Mr. Ghosn and Mr. Kelly and have m leave country."

"I think that was ir lax view on things but what happened was beyond ir initial expectations and re were forced to bring special breach of trust case," he said.

Gohara says he was secretly interviewing Ghosn for a book project that objectively reviews this case.A total of more than 10 hours was spent on se interviews before Ghosn's escape out of Japan.Gohara said he did t kw about his plans to skip bail to fly to Leban and was shocked and surprised by news.

book that was planned for publication in April 2020, but has w been suspended until furr tice due to publication's internal reasons."This has thing to do, in my mind, with illegal departure," Gohara said.On 13 January this year, Gohara h a video conference call with Ghosn and was given permission to share some details of ir meetings.

Gohara h met with Ghosn a total of five times since mid-vember last year.Gohara says although it would've been a long battle, maybe even taking up to 10 years in total during which Ghosn will be detained in Japan, he h a chance of being acquitted.

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