Luanda, ANGOLA, April 15 - The Provincial Court of Luanda resumes next Monday, April 16, the trial of Angolan activist Rafael Marques, and the journalist Mariano Brás, accused of "insults and outrage to the body of sovereignty." ,

The first hearing of the two accused took place on 19 March, without the presence of the victim or his lawyer.

Rafael Marques attends trial due to an article published in October 2016, on the Maka Angola portal, in which he raises suspicions of corruption against the then Attorney General of the Republic (PGR), João Maria de Sousa.

In the article, the activist denounces an allegedly illegal business, carried out by the former PGR of Angola, involving a three-hectare land plot in Porto Amboim, Cuanza Sul province, supposedly for the construction of a residential condominium.

The former prosecutor explains that the case has simply to do with his intention to acquire the surface rights of a certain plot of land in the province of Cuanza Sul, which he is entitled to "as a citizen, like any other citizen

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