{"id":45502,"date":"2015-03-24T17:51:18","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T09:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=45502"},"modified":"2015-03-24T17:51:18","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T09:51:18","slug":"doj-denies-nbi-has-ended-probe-on-alleged-us-5-m-bribery-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/24\/doj-denies-nbi-has-ended-probe-on-alleged-us-5-m-bribery-case\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ denies NBI has ended probe on alleged US$ 5-M bribery case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_28773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28773\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/NBI-National-Bureau-of-Investigation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28773\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/NBI-National-Bureau-of-Investigation.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook photo\" width=\"620\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/NBI-National-Bureau-of-Investigation.jpg 620w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/NBI-National-Bureau-of-Investigation-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/NBI-National-Bureau-of-Investigation-600x333.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Department of Justice (DOJ) denied on Monday that the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has terminated its investigation on the USD5-million bribery allegation against Japanese gaming tycoon Kazuo Okada in connection with the USD2-billion entertainment city project.<\/p>\n<p>Okada&#8217;s Universal Entertainment Corporation issued a statement from Tokyo, Japan last week that &#8220;all inspections or investigations by government-related bodies of the Company group and its officers and employees in relation to the groundless suspicion have thereby concluded for all practical purposes in the Philippines.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the same statement, it noted that Prosecutor General Claro A. Arellano proposed to Justice Secretary Leila M. De Lima to terminate the investigation &#8220;due to insufficient evidence in regard to groundless suspicion of bringing of officers and employees of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is not true,&#8221; De Lima said on Monday, adding that Arellano has not made any such proposal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He (Arellano) has not received the resolution of the panel [of prosecutors handling the case],&#8221; De Lima said in a text message.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the Prosecutor General said that he has already ordered the panel to expedite the resolution of the case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The case is still with the panel of prosecutors. Pinamamadali ko na nga dahil matagal na yan,&#8221; Arellano said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Department of Justice (DOJ) denied on Monday that the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has terminated its &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":28773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95,483],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","category-politics","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}