Apr 09, 2019 (NHK) - The wife of former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn says she left Japan for France to fight for her husband's human rights following his rearrest in Tokyo.
Carole Ghosn was speaking to a French radio station in an interview broadcast on Monday evening, local time.
Ghosn was arrested for the fourth time last Thursday by Tokyo prosecutors, on suspicion of aggravated breach of trust. Ghosn and his wife have been staying at a temporary residence in Tokyo since he was released on bail in early March. Following his rearrest, Carole secretly left Japan for France.
She told the radio station in France that Japanese prosecutors had confiscated her mobile phone and Lebanese passport.
She said that she decided to leave for France as she was afraid of being alone in Tokyo where she has no acquaintances.
She added that she was told by Ghosn's lawyer that she would not be able to see her husband for a couple of weeks.
She decided to head to France to raise the issue of human rights in terms of what had happened to her and her husband in Tokyo.
When Ghosn was taken away by prosecutors, she said about 20 officials entered their apartment and took photos of everything, including personal computers, smartphones and documents, before seizing them.
The wife said officials stayed for four hours and followed her everywhere, even when she visited the toilet and took a shower. She described the experience as "humiliating" and compared it to being treated like a terrorist.
