Greg Kelly, former aide to Nissan’s Ghosn, goes on trial | Malay Mail

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TOKYO, Sept 13 — The lengthy saga of ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn takes a new turn next week when the auto titan-turned-fugitive’s former assistant Greg Kelly goes on trial in Tokyo. Ghosn’s arrest in the Japanese capital in November 2018 on allegations of financial misconduct made headlines...

Greg Kelly, the former deputy of ousted Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, is seen in the car, as he leaves after being released from a detention centre in Tokyo December 25, 2018. — Reuters pic

And with Ghosn in Lebanon as an international fugitive after he made an audacious escape while out on bail in Tokyo last year, Kelly is now the only person expected to face trial any time soon in connection with the case. Nissan, which will be on trial alongside Kelly, says yes, and plans to plead guilty, multiple sources told AFP.“I didn’t do anything wrong,” he told AFP in an interview in early September.Nissan and Japanese prosecutors disagree, arguing they have evidence that these future payments were pledged to Ghosn, and therefore should have been disclosed in the firm’s financial filings as required by Japanese law.

But they argue they have been put at a strong disadvantage by the court’s refusal to allow overseas witnesses to testify by videoconference.

 

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