Zambia’s Chiluba appears in court

Judge adjourns the ailing former president’s trial in protracted corruption case.

Frederick Chiluba Zambian president
Chiluba and two others are facing charges of allegedly stealing from the state coffers [EPA]
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The charges against Chiluba

The trial has already been substantially delayed due to Chiluba’s poor health.

 
Chiluba has a heart condition. Emmanuel Mwamba, his spokesman, said: “Chiluba decided to come to court despite his illness than to allow a video link installed at his house.”
 
The judge had ordered that Chiluba be tried through a video-link connection in his house if his heart condition remained acute, preventing him from appearing in court.
 
But Mwamba said that Chiluba objected to the video-link.
 
He said: “A video-link trial is illegal and Chiluba will not promote illegality.”
 
Chiluba has denied the corruption charges and blamed his hand-picked successor Levy Mwanawasa, now president, of trying to destroy his legacy and reputation.
Source: News Agencies