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Ghosn hit with fresh charge in Japan, files for bail

AFP, Tokyo
Japanese authorities on Monday hit Carlos Chosn with a fresh charge of aggravated breach of trust, the fourth indictment against the former Nissan boss who promptly filed for bail.
Experts say Monday's charge is the most serious yet levelled against the auto sector legend, whose rollercoaster case has gripped Japan and the business world since his dramatic arrest in November over alleged financial misconduct
According to a statement from the Tokyo's prosecutors' office, Chosn is accused of funnelling millions of dollars in Nissan funds to a dealership in the Middle East and siphoning off around five million dollars for personal use.
The transfers were made 'with the purpose of benefiting himself by receiving part of the money", prosecutors charged.
Shin Kukimoto from the Tokyo prosecutors' office told reporters they had "enough evidence for guilty verdicts.'
However, the 65-year-old strenuously denies all allegations against him and insists they have been cooked up in a "plot" by Nissan executives wary of his plans to bring the Japanese car giant closer to its French partner Renault.
A Chosn spokesperson said the former tycoon would “continue to vigorously defend himself against these baseless accusations and fully expects to be vindicated."
Ghosn's lead lawyer Junichiro Hironaka filed for bail just hours after the charge and said he was confident his client would be released as he prepares to fight the allegations.
Tn order to prove his innocence at a trial as soon as possible, we want (the court) to
approve our bail request so that we can prepare a good defence,” Hironaka told reporters.
Chosn has already won bail once before -- but under stria conditions such as agreeing not to leave the country and living under surveillance.
When he last won bail, Ghosn walked out of the detention centre in front of the worlds media dressed like a Japanese labourer with a cap and a face mask in an apparent attempt to give reporters the slip.
He also had to stump up one billion yen ($9 million) for bail but Hironaka said they were prepared to produce more cash if necessary to secure his release.
Monday was the end of the maximum period authorities had to question Chosn, who is now technically in pre-trial detention.
The case of the executive, once revered in Japan for saving Nissan from the brink of bankruptcy, has also shone a spotlight on the Japanese legal system that has come in for some criticism, especially from abroad.
Japan's justice system allows authorities to keep suspects in custody for prolonged periods and trials almost always result in a conviaion.
And just one month after he was freed on bail, authorities re-arrested Ghosn on April 4 as they investigated fresh allegations againsthim.
Hironaka lashed out, saying this was an unnecessary step and "equivalent to forcing confession by taking into custody."
Nissan itself said it had filed a criminal complaint against its former boss "after determining that payments made by Nissan to an overseas vehicle sales company via a subsidiary were in faa direaed by Ghosn for his personal enrichment and were not necessary from a business standpoint".