Okada Manila operator Tiger Resort Leisure and Entertainment Inc. has filed kidnapping, serious illegal detention and grave coercion charges against the camp of Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada after what it claimed a violent takeover of the casino hotel last week.
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In its petition lodged before the Department of Justice, TRLEI, which is owned by Japan’s Universal Entertainment Corp., accused Okada and his partners Tonyboy Cojuangco and Dindo Espeleta of forcibly taking over Okada Manila’s premises with the help of 50 private guards and local police.
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TRLEI also claimed that Okada’s group used brute of force to drag the directors out of the gambling resort’s premises. It also alleged that Japanese Hajime Tokuda was taken to an unknown place before he was brought home last May 31.
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Okada’s group, however, pointed out that it was acting on a status quo ante order issued by the Supreme Court which was to restore the TRLEI’s board of directors to its 2017 composition.
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Okada was ejected from the TRLEI board in June 2017 after allegedly misappropriating the company’s and its subsidiaries’ funds.
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In an earlier statement, Okada’s camp refuted the allegations, insisting that the takeover of Okada Manila was legal and in compliance with the SC ruling.
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