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Dos Santos' husband, Sindika Dokolo, drowned diving: Dubai police

isabel and sindika

In this file photo taken on September 26, 2018 Sindika Dokolo and Isabel dos Santos pose before a roundtable discussion on Business Evolution In Energy at Bloomberg Global Business Forum at The Plaza Hotel in New York City.

Photo credit: Mike Coppola | Getty Images North America | AFP

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • Dokolo, a business tycoon and art collector, became entangled along with his wife in an anti-corruption investigation launched after her father, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, left office in 2017.
  • At the time of his death, Dokolo and Dos Santos, 47, were under investigation by Angolan authorities who had frozen their bank accounts and business assets.

Dubai,

Sindika Dokolo, the husband of Isabel dos Santos, billionaire daughter of Angola's former president, drowned while freediving off the coast of Dubai, police said Sunday.

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