Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of Angola's ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, on Tuesday accused the government of resorting to forgery to freeze her assets last year.
Isabel dos Santos and her husband are accused of syphoning off more than one billion dollars from Angolan state companies . AFP/File/MIGUEL RIOPA
A court in the southern African nation in December froze their bank accounts as part of a massive corruption probe. “But the most ridiculous aspect is the signature of the issuing authority: this is a reproduction of the signature of Bruce Lee, the legendary kung fu actor who died in the 1970s,” said a statement released through her public relations agent.
She was forced out of the job at Sonangol just months after her father stepped down in 2017 and was replaced by his hand-picked successor, Joao Lourenco.
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