Carlos Ghosn vows he 'will not be broken' after fresh arrest
The move comes a day after Mr Ghosn tweeted that he was "getting ready to tell the truth" at a news conference next week.
Thursday 4 April 2019 09:03, UK
Carlos Ghosn has vowed that he "will not be broken" after he was arrested for a fourth time by Tokyo prosecutors investigating allegations of financial misconduct against the former Nissan boss.
It comes a day after Mr Ghosn said on Twitter that he was "getting ready to tell the truth about what's happening" at a news conference next week.
The latest arrest relate to $5m (£3.8m) in funds said to have been funnelled from a Nissan subsidiary via an overseas dealership to a separate company that he controlled.
Mr Ghosn, 65, said in a statement: "My arrest this morning is outrageous and arbitrary.
"It is part of another attempt by some individuals at Nissan to silence me by misleading the prosecutors.
"Why arrest me except to try to break me? I will not be broken. I am innocent of the groundless charges and accusations against me."
Meanwhile, he also spoke out in an interview aired on France's TF1 and LCI TV channels.
He said: "I am keeping up my combat, I am innocent. It's hard, I have to admit it, and I call on the French government to defend me, and to defend my rights as a citizen."
Mr Ghosn led a global alliance of Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi before being arrested in November, then released on £6.8m bail last month.
He has since been ousted from his positions running the companies.
The businessman has been accused of failing to report $82m in Nissan pay as well as transferring personal investment losses to the company and steering $14.7m of funds to a Saudi businessman.
His lawyer told reporters that a rearrest while being out on bail was unusual and called the latest move an unfair effort to put Mr Ghosn through more suffering.
Meanwhile, Renault's board moved on Wednesday to scrap Mr Ghosn's €770,000 (£656,000) a year pension, sources told Reuters.