Attorney reacts after prosecutors question Ghosn

Lebanese prosecutors have issued a travel ban for fugitive ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn following an Interpol-issued notice, a judicial official said on Thursday. The travel ban came after Ghosn was interrogated by prosecutors for nearly two hours over the notice about the charges he faces in Japan over financial misconduct.

Lebanon last week received the Interpol-issued wanted notice, which is a non-binding request to law enforcement agencies worldwide that they locate and provisionally arrest a fugitive.

At the hearing, Ghosn was asked to provide an address he resides at in Lebanon and was banned from travelling out of the country, the judicial official said.

According to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to reporters, Ghosn was also being interrogated on a separate report against him over a 2008 visit to Israel.

Lebanon and Israel are technically at war.

Two Lebanese lawyers submitted a report to the Public Prosecutor's Office saying the trip violated Lebanese law.

Ghosn's lawyer, Carlos Abou Jaoude, confirmed that his client was questioned in the two separate cases - the Interpol notice and the Israel trip - and added Ghosn had confidence in the Lebanese judicial system.