Raid on Japanese lawyer's office Ghosn visited

Tokyo prosecutors on Wednesday raided a Japanese lawyer's office that former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn visited regularly before skipping bail last week and fleeing to Lebanon.

Footage showed prosecutors marching into Junichiro Hironaka's office where a woman answering the phone said the lawyers weren't there to comment and hung up.

Prosecutors declined immediate comment.

Ghosn was under strict bail conditions while preparing for his trial on financial misconduct allegations. He was allowed to use a computer at his lawyer's office under those conditions.

Japanese media reports said prosecutors had likely seized the computer to ascertain how Ghosn escaped and who might have helped him.

Hironaka has previously said he was stunned by Ghosn's departure. He has also said he will not disclose information related to Ghosn's case because of attorney-client privilege.

Ghosn said from Lebanon he fled to escape injustice. He has insisted he is innocent.

A statement released in Ghosn's defense earlier Wednesday slammed the automaker's internal investigation as flawed and aimed only at taking him down.