<story><title>Examining Carlos Ghosn and Japan&apos;s System of &apos;Hostage Justice&apos;</title><url>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/17/national/crime-legal/examining-carlos-ghosn-japans-system-hostage-justice/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>anonu</author><text>Ghosn&amp;#x27;s handling by the Japanese is utterly despicable. No habeas corpus ... no due process.&lt;p&gt;Ghosn is credited with a stunning corporate turnaround and creating billions of dollars of value for a Japanese company and the Japanese people. I am certain foreign corporations who do business in Japan are thinking long and hard about the implications and potential risks of operating there.&lt;p&gt;To be clear - I am not saying Ghosn is innocent. He may very well have created special corporate structures to siphon off cash - and if he did, he certainly didn&amp;#x27;t do it alone. I think he regretted not taking the helm of GM where he saw US top execs easily earning $20, $30mm a year with no complaints from the public...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mc32</author><text>Japan isn’t acting exceptionally with Ghosn.  That’s their regular operating procedure.&lt;p&gt;Ghosn allegedly arranged this overt&amp;#x2F;covert payment system because allegedly he was unhappy that compared to euro and American auto execs, he was being under compensated.&lt;p&gt;This scheme if true is unlawful.  Euro and American auto execs get paid above board and since there is no need for dual streams (because if you can command 200 million and you can get it, you don’t have to be shamed about it.).&lt;p&gt;In Japan it’s improper to be overcompensated but in order to be on par with other execs’ pay Ghosn arranged this overt&amp;#x2F;covert compensation system.</text></comment>
<story><title>Examining Carlos Ghosn and Japan&apos;s System of &apos;Hostage Justice&apos;</title><url>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/17/national/crime-legal/examining-carlos-ghosn-japans-system-hostage-justice/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>anonu</author><text>Ghosn&amp;#x27;s handling by the Japanese is utterly despicable. No habeas corpus ... no due process.&lt;p&gt;Ghosn is credited with a stunning corporate turnaround and creating billions of dollars of value for a Japanese company and the Japanese people. I am certain foreign corporations who do business in Japan are thinking long and hard about the implications and potential risks of operating there.&lt;p&gt;To be clear - I am not saying Ghosn is innocent. He may very well have created special corporate structures to siphon off cash - and if he did, he certainly didn&amp;#x27;t do it alone. I think he regretted not taking the helm of GM where he saw US top execs easily earning $20, $30mm a year with no complaints from the public...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>2calazm</author><text>Counter-argument: that&amp;#x27;s how most suspects are handled in Japan (sadly), but people care about it only now that it affects a rich westerner, as you comment demonstrates (&amp;quot;stunning corporate turnaround and creating billions of dollars of value&amp;quot;).</text></comment>