Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn suffering ‘draconian’ treatment in jail, wife says

Carole Ghosn says he’s being interrogated for hours each day to extract a confession

The wife of the former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has urged human rights campaigners to highlight Japanese prosecutors’ “draconian” treatment of her husband during his prolonged detention on charges of financial misconduct.

In a nine-page letter to the Japan office of Human Rights Watch, Carole Ghosn alleged that prosecutors have subjected her husband to hours of daily interrogation in order to extract a confession.

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