Brazilian police on Tuesday conducted raids targeting several businessmen who have backed President Jair Bolsonaro's re-election, two sources said, after a media report accused them of discussing the virtues of a coup d'etat if the far-right leader lost the October vote.
Multiplan and Tecnisa did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
"An irresponsible article without context put me in this situation," Hang wrote on Twitter. "I never spoke of a coup ... I have always defended democracy and freedom of expression." The incumbent is trailing in opinion polls to leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and has questioned the integrity of Brazil's electronic voting system, stoking concerns that he could challenge the election results.
"It's insane to order a search and seizure warrant against honest businessmen ... for saying in a private Whatsapp conversation that they would prefer anything to an ex-convict," tweeted Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, referring to Lula's time in jail for graft convictions that were later overturned.
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