of censorship with the intention to silence freedom of press and enterprise for media not owned or controlled by people connected to government or people in their sphere of influence as in the past three years the largest Angolan private media has been taken into government control. Part of this campaign also involved building a narrative of character assassination by spreading wide speculation of involvement in allegedly shady business dealings without ever showing any proof. A recent news story "leaked" to Angolan media outlets alleged that Coréon was involved in some sort of unusual agreement with a well-known Angolan businessman to help him set a bank using his "influence", however in a later official interview to a local newspaper the same business owner stated he has never been involved in any business dealings with Coréon Dú and that he has never been his business partner despite having met Dú in person. In recent reports Coréon Dú's mother, Maria Luisa Perdigão Abrantes, when asked about the political witch-hunts against her children has mentioned in several media interviews that similar political witch-hunts are nothing new, as she herself was targeted by people and institutions linked to the MPLA party for several decades and in recent years, despite having been a supporter of their cause during the anti-colonial liberation movement prior to the independence in 1975. As a result, she has reportedly identified as politically independent since around the 1980s and even supported a newfound opposition party, PRD, when Angola had its first democratic elections in 1992. References External links Zé Dú dos Santos aka "Coréon Dú" – Biografia Coréon Dú confessa que sofreu "bullying" 1984 births Living people Creative directors Angolan record producers Coreon