Discover who. Subscribe to the documentary to. Cars go next is gone for much of the office on the brain or the fled to japan where he was on the house arrest facing trial for financial this conduct he says he fled to escape injustice. And the clock is ticking were looking back at the costs 12 months isnt. This is your business asia welcome and was starting with an escape story that could. Straight out of a hollywood blockbuster former miss on rhino chairman collins go has left japan where he was under house arrest he apparently jumped bail on a private plane go and said he was not fleeing justice but instead seeking to avoid injustice and persecution this is the house in beirut where carlos ghosn is believed to have fled but there is no sign of him and the security guards outside say hes not here but a neighbor has shown up wanting to welcome him to lebanon with a card. Many lebanese feel the former nice and c. E. O. s a successful businessman and is a symbol of the countrys large diaspora but in tokyo the unexpected turn of events has sparked outrage. From like him i think he fled because he did something wrong. But whoever escapes wins you know i and many people with money go in his main lawyer says he heard about his clients flight via media his entire defense team has lost face in japan as they repeatedly said there was no risk that gold would run away. With a home and we were going to completely by surprise im dumbfounded personally i dont yet even know how to make contact with him or go through a little more sort of like im. Going to skate to lebanon is the latest stunning twist in a roller coaster journey that saw him full from boardroom to detention center. Here he spent more than 100 days in spartan conditions far removed from his sometimes extravagant lifestyle. The automotive tycoon stands accused of underreporting is salary to the tune of 85000000. 00 prosecutors also allege he skimmed off millions of dollars from the company for his personal use. Go on has repeatedly denied all accusations in a statement the 65 year old said the Japanese Justice system was quote rigged and that he escaped injustice japan does not have an extradition treaty with lebanon so its unclear what steps tokyo might take next. And for more im joined now by Michael Paine journalist in tokyo where hes also the president gets the news agency good time you with us nothing is going scaping japan seems to have caught everyone by surprise what are authorities there saying. Well so far the authorities have been pretty quiet about it they havent they havent released the statement of course it is the day of new years eve here in japan so a lot of government Government Services are actually on holiday today but no the government itself has been pretty mum to this to this point to the only people have spoken are going. To who you know who express their surprise and that he that he had gone well they must have also been surprised by whats go and set in a statement just recently saying he accused japan of having a rigged Justice System what do you mean by that. Well the one people who wouldnt be surprised by it are actually his defense lawyers because they have been making the same argument actually trying to fight within the system and in fact his lead lawyer did say that he understands that why dont you believe would say what he said in that statement but they also think that you know it was inexcusable for him to leave the justices to be or even with all of its problems because he had a responsibility to stay and to fight it so. Just michael if even his lawyer seems to understand that he somewhat seems to agree with the accusation of the rick system what exactly is wrong with it well actually a lot of people agree with that outside of the Japanese Justice system its been criticized by International Organizations and many others so for example in goans case you know when he was accused from that the very 1st moment he learned about it he had arrived in the country on a plane and prosecutors immediately took him into custody and they subjected him to about 4 months. Of interrogation where he wasnt able to speak to the media he wasnt able to talk give his own side when interrogators interrogate him theres no lawyer present you know theres many profound. Questionable elements to the Japanese Justice system where essentially once youre caught up in it youre almost certain to be found guilty especially if you are indicted as he wasnt and once youre indicted the statistics speak for themselves you have a 99 percent chance of being found guilty and thats what going is facing and thats what hes speaking about when he said it was a presumption of guilt and a system of injustice that michael penn the journalist in tokyo thank you so much i dont have it yet thank you happy new year. Chinese telecoms john show way says survival is its top priority after announcing 2900 sales were expected to fall short of forecasts because of u. S. Sanctions chairman eric shoes set your way Sales Revenue 429000 was likely to reach 121000000000. 00 up around 18 percent this is below a forecast of 125000000000. 00 your way has infected me banned by the us from working with american firms on the grounds that it poses a National Security threat charge the Chinese Company denies. Moscow and kiev have signed a 5 Year Agreement on the transit of russian gas to europe why ukraine after months of difficult talks but just ahead of a new year deadline currently some 18 percent of the use annual natural gas consumption comes from russia by train its expected that gas from will transit at least 65000000000 cubic meters of natural gas by ukraine mixed and at least 40000000000. 00 until 2024 and more than 7000000000. 00 in transit a major source of income for the country. Well its certainly been a busy year for Business News the u. S. China trade war has kept us on our toes and weve seen the reputation off one of the biggest u. S. Companies boeing take a tumble is a look now at the top stories in Business News this year. Will they or wont they the u. S. And china have been at it throughout the year and in may trump announced that washington would raise previous tariffs where having a little squabble with china because weve been treated very unfairly for many many decades for actually a long china retaliated with its own threat and in the summer a truce was announced in the g 20 summit in all soka but the u. S. Reneged on that tensions eased earlier this month u. S. President trump tweeted that a very large phase one deal had been reached with china with beijing agreeing to buy a range of American Goods as a result washington suspended penalty terrorist set for december 15th something beijing confirmed that 2 countries now say they are preparing to sign an agreement next month. One of the sticking points between washington and beijing has been chinas dominance in the tech sector and that is something the white house wants to end one of the targets of its campaign has been chinese tech giant huawei the white house says beijing could use while Waste Technology for intelligence gathering and industrial espionage washington has been calling for its allies to block the company from participating in building 5 g. Networks no surprise the debate on while way has also been heated here in germany and weve been covering it. Can the state of china force you to give information which you would be able to collect for example. Now all we want way has never received any such requests during our operations over the past years and even if we received such requests in the future we would not agree to them without any lawful requests so we wont do anything which will i wont mention for quintessential innocent. God was your father driving down to 29000. 00 was the year of the protests across the world also across germanys border the Yellow Vests Movement took to the streets in neighboring france to protest against the governments planned Economic Reforms they believe they are hurting workers the french government says they are needed to overhaul the economy to make it more competitive. In the middle east the lebanese governments economic reform attempts were met with countrywide protests people took to the streets to demonstrate against plan changes to the tax regime stagnating economy and corruption and that led to the resignation of the countrys prime minister. Things didnt get as bad for those government but ecuadorians managed to push their lawmakers to the brink with protests that crippled the countrys Transportation Networks in the end the government had to withdraw plans to remove a fuel subsidy after dramatic protests. And elsewhere in latin america people were taking to the streets in argentina and chile to protest against Economic Reforms and a higher cost of living. Cost of living was also a major issue for zimbabweans the protests were triggered by a 130 percent fuel price hike and that and the countrys declining standard of living prompted people to take to the streets throughout the year was the u. S. Plane make a boeing also dominated headlines this year it started last march with a fatal plane crash in ethiopia the 2nd for its 737 max at 1st the company tried to deny responsibility but air transportation authorities were soon ordering the grounding of a 737 max its best selling aircraft within weeks of the incident since then the plane maker has been mired in a crisis in december boeing said it was Holding Production of the 737 max and c. E. O. Dennis mullen burge was ousted new seal David Calhoun will now face the task of engineering a turnaround and rescuing started reputation. Its been a busy year for the markets across the world but it appears the u. S. Markets have managed to ride out the uncertainty in the stock market is at a record high in the u. S. And thats something the u. S. President has been raving about and taking credit for he says the highs a jew to his reforms hard to say but what is clear is that the Global Economy has been slowing with the i. M. F. And the world bank mainly blaming the u. S. China trade dispute but despite that theres been records in markets in both sides of the pond and that was a spot of good news this year. And that was the last edition of business asia and 29 teen Stephen Beardsley will take over for the rest of the day for me and the team thanks for giving us company at the new year. Into the top in opera is not for the faint hearted. A fantastic voice alone just isnt. Us anymore. The wages and hard work were destroyed Opera Singers could sing an aria. Inside hospice. What secrets lie behind us was. 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