The claims that for whatever reason the share price is being...

The claims that for whatever reason the share price is being "controlled" is nonsense. It's obvious there is a seller in the stock and with not much liquidity in the stock it's having a big effect on share price. Also notice a buyer with a very small amount of shares pushes the closing price up on the close. My guess is this is the seller trying to make things look less weak in order to draw in some buying for next day to sell into. If and when the selling is finished we should see it bounce back.

If the fundamentals and sentiment are positive no amount of "controlling" can keep a share price down as buyers will soak up the selling.