Tokyo - A surveillance camera captured
former Nissan Motor Co chairman Carlos Ghosn leaving
his Tokyo residence alone shortly before his surprise escape
from Japan, public broadcaster NHK said on Friday, citing
investigative sources.
The security footage was taken by a camera installed at his
house in central Tokyo around noon on Sunday, and the camera did
not show him returning home, NHK said.
Ghosn has become an international fugitive after he revealed
on Tuesday he had fled to Lebanon to escape what he called a
"rigged" justice system in Japan, where he faces charges
relating to alleged financial crimes.
NHK said the police suspected Ghosn may have left his home
to meet up with someone before heading to an airport. Under the
terms of his bail, Ghosn was required to have security cameras
installed at the entrance of his house.
Lebanon received an Interpol arrest warrant for Ghosn on
Thursday while Turkey has launched an investigation into his
escape from Japan, via Istanbul.
Some Lebanese media have floated a Houdini-like account of
Ghosn being packed in a wooden container for musical instruments
after a private concert in his home, but his wife has called the
account "fiction".