{"id":33555,"date":"2022-09-16T04:50:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T07:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=33555"},"modified":"2026-04-23T04:50:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:50:01","slug":"prosecutor-dismisses-document-falsification-case-against-kazuo-okada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/prosecutor-dismisses-document-falsification-case-against-kazuo-okada","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor dismisses document falsification case against Kazuo Okada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Falsification charges against Kazuo Okada have been dismissed by the prosecutor’s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- Paranaque city prosecutors have dismissed the case brought by Tiger Resorts Leisure and Entertainment Inc. (TRLEI) against Kazuo Okada <\/strong>and his team for allegedly falsifying public documents due to lack of evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The accusations made by\u00a0Hajime Tokuda<\/strong>, director of Asia Best Group International and Universal Entertainment Corp \u2013 the parent company of Okada Manila operator TRLEI\u00a0had already been dismissed<\/a>\u00a0by the Makati City Prosecutor (OCP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior assistant prosecutor Rhenie S. Re\u00f1ido noted in its resolution signed on September 8 that Kazuo, along with Dindo Espeleta, Maximo Modesto, Josel C. Flores, Tetsuya Yokota and Hiroshi Kawamura, did not falsify a secretary\u2019s certificate since the new board created its own document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The certification, along with the Supreme Court\u2019s Status Quo Order (SQAO), was used by Kazuo’s Group for\u00a0the formation of TRLEI\u2019s new board of directors in late May<\/a>, when it regained control of Okada Manila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kazuo Okada said in a statement: “Our opponents can continue to come up with trumped up charges like this against us but we will also continue to uphold our right to defend ourselves because the truth is on our side.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this week<\/a>, however, Universal Entertainment issued a press release confirming that it has filed criminal charges against Kazuo Okada<\/strong> and his team in Hong Kong following their takeover of Okada Manila. According to the company, Okada\u2019s team had been involved in \u201cfraud and violence\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The indictment states that Tiger Resorts Asia Limited (TRAL) has suffered an unfair paralysis of the activities of Tiger Resorts Leisure and Entertainment Inc. (TRLEI) and Okada Manila due to criminal activities. It claimed TRAL had suffered a significant and irreparable loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Universal Entertainment, the Hong Kong jurisdiction is involved because Hong Kong-registered Tiger Resort Asia Limited (TRA)<\/strong> is the parent company that holds 99.9 per cent of the voting rights of Tiger Resort, Leisure and Entertainment (TRLEI)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Falsification charges against Kazuo Okada have been dismissed by the prosecutor’s office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Falsification charges against Kazuo Okada and his team, brought by Tiger Resorts Leisure and Entertainment Inc. (TRLEI), have been dismissed by the Paranaque City Prosecutor's Office in the Philippines due to lack of evidence, concerning the formation of a new board for TRLEI. Concurrently, Universal Entertainment has filed new criminal charges in Hong Kong against Okada's team, alleging \"fraud and violence\" during their takeover of Okada Manila, citing significant and irreparable loss to Tiger Resorts Asia Limited. This development underscores the persistent and multi-jurisdictional legal battle for corporate control over the Okada Manila integrated resort.","focusai_entities":"Kazuo Okada, Tiger Resorts Leisure and Entertainment Inc. (TRLEI), Hajime Tokuda, Asia Best Group International, Universal Entertainment Corp, Okada Manila, Dindo Espeleta, Maximo Modesto, Josel C. Flores, Tetsuya Yokota, Hiroshi Kawamura, Tiger Resorts Asia Limited (TRAL)","focusai_location":"Philippines, Paranaque City, Makati City, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Hong Kong Charges Impact?","query":"What are the potential legal ramifications and jurisdictional challenges of Universal Entertainment's criminal charges in Hong Kong, particularly concerning the enforceability of judgments against Kazuo Okada's group and the operational control of Okada Manila?"},{"label":"Okada Manila Governance Future?","query":"How will the ongoing multi-jurisdictional legal disputes and corporate governance instability impact Okada Manila's operational licensing, capital market perception, and long-term strategic development within the Philippine integrated resort sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911,8986],"class_list":["post-33555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-okada-manila"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33555"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33572,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33555\/revisions\/33572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}