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The Japanese carmaker says that the apartment could contain
evidence in the case of the former executive, who was arrested
in November, while Ghosn's lawyers said in court papers that
they were just trying to remove his personal belongings.
Ghosn, who denies any wrongdoing, led Nissan until November when
he was arrested over allegations of under reporting income.
"In addition to personal effects, Nissan's representatives
observed Mr. Ghosn's representatives removing two plastic
folders containing documents," Nissan spokesman Nick Maxfield
said in a statement, added it did not know their contents.
Nissan also said Ghosn's lawyers won a last-minute appeal to a
Rio court to bar the carmaker from witnessing the opening of
three safes located inside the apartment. The safes have been at
the center of the dispute between the two parties.
Ghosn's legal representatives in Tokyo were not immediately
available for comment on Friday, while a representative in
Brazil said she had no information about the matter.
An appellate judge in Rio had ruled on Thursday that Ghosn's
representatives should have access to the apartment and be
accompanied by people representing Nissan.
Nissan said it had asked a court to let it review the documents,
but had not been granted approval to do so.
Ghosn, who brought Nissan back from the brink of bankruptcy and
become one of the most powerful car executives in the world, has
been in a Japan prison since his arrest.
(Reporting by Marcelo Rochabrun in Sao Paulo and Ritsuko Ando in
Tokyo; Editing by Alexander Smith)
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