TIGER RESORT Leisure and Entertainment, Inc. (TRLEI) has sought the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) jurisdiction over the investigation on the leak of unreleased court documents connected to the two estafa cases it filed against Japanese gambling mogul Kazuo Okada.
In a seven-page petition dated June 1, TRLEI, owner of casino resort and hotel Okada Manila, asked Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra to nullify and set aside Parañaque City Prosecutor Amerhassan C. Paudac’s memorandum and assume jurisdiction over the probe.
Photos of the two cases’ resolutions had already been posted on Facebook and Instagram as early as May 18 by Chloe Kim, a previous food and beverage manager at Okada Manila where Mr. Okada was chief executive officer. Mr. Okada was sacked in June 2017 for allegedly embezzling up to $10 million of the company’s funds.
Mr. Guevarra, in a text message to BusinessWorld, said he has already asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate.
“We have requested the NBI to investigate the leak. I understand that Prosecutor Paudac has voluntarily inhibited himself. So DoJ will handle any further motions or incidents in the Okada cases,” he wrote.
Mr. Paudac inhibited from the cases following TRLEI’s motion for inhibition filed on May 23. — Dane Angelo M. Enerio

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