Kazuo Okada is starting to see some redemption in his fight with Tiger Resort, Leisure and Entertainment Inc. (TRLEI), the promoter of Okada Manila and his former company. Calvinayre.com has learned the Manila City Prosecutor’s Office has thrown out perjury accusations against the tycoon for reasons of “lack of sufficient evidence and merit.”

Okada was originally accused of perjury by attorney Kenji Sugiyama, representing Tiger Resorts. That was based on two contradictory claims in a complaint filed by Okada, in which he said that he never lost majority ownership of Okada Holdings Limited, Universal Entertainment Corporation, Tiger Resort Asia Limited and TRLEI, but also claimed to have regained ownership of the companies.

Although true that the comments are contradictory, it’s pretty obvious he wasn’t attempting to mislead the court. The prosecutor’s office felt that way too, and in their 12-page resolution, Senior Assistant City Prosecutor Francisco Salomon said:

“A conviction of perjury cannot be sustained merely upon the contradictory sworn statements of the accused…The prosecution must prove which of the two statements is false and must show the statement to be false by other evidence than the contradicting statement.”