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Japanese Prosecutors Search Office of Ex-Nissan Boss Ghosn’s Lawyer

Carlos Ghosn, left, and his lawyer Junichiro Hironaka are seen in Tokyo in May. / Kyodo

By Kyodo News 8 January 2020

Japanese prosecutors on Wednesday searched the office of a lawyer of former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn, apparently to seize a computer believed to have been used by the former auto tycoon in connection with his escape from Japan.

Junichiro Hironaka, a member of Ghosn’s defense team, had refused a demand by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office to voluntarily submit the personal computer Ghosn used in the lawyer’s office.