translated from Spanish: Japan Court frees on bail to the former President of Nissan

Tokyo (AP)–the Tokyo District Court granted on Tuesday released on bail of 1,000 million yen (8,900 million dollars) to the former President of Nissan Carlos Ghosn after almost four months detained in Japon.la release of the Executive depends on the decision of the Court on an appeal filed by the Prosecutor’s office hours after the bail. The acceptance of the request for bail for Ghosn, the third presented his legal team, came a day after one of his lawyers was confident in that the steering of the car sector would recover the freedom. The newly hired lawyer, Junichiro Hironaka, is known to achieve acquittals in Japan, a country where the rate of convictions is 99%. On the eve he told that you offered new ways to monitor Ghosn after his release from prison, like a surveillance camera. The lawyer also questioned the reasons for the arrest of Ghosn, pointing out that the case was “peculiar” and suggesting that it could have been handled as an internal problem of the group.
“It was good that we propusiésemos concrete ways to show how would not manipulate the evidence or would try to flee,” he told reporters after the ruling.

Among the conditions for freedom of Ghosn had restrictions to places where they can live, a prohibition for foreign travel and other commitments not to disturb evidence or trying to flee, said the Court.
The former Director of the Alliance Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Motors is in detention since his arrest on November 19. Ghosn pleaded not guilty of charges of falsifying financial information and breach of trust.

In Japan, suspects are often detained for months, normally until the start of the trial.

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