Zambia’s ailing former president Frederick Chiluba was due in South Africa on Monday to receive treatment for an acute heart condition, his spokesperson said.
Chiluba was expected to leave Zambia in the early afternoon for Johannesburg where he will undergo medical examinations following his deteriorating health caused by a cardiac complication, said Emmanuel Mwamba.
A court in Lusaka, which is trying Chiluba for corruption and theft of public funds, ordered on Friday that the former leader should be taken to South Africa for treatment and that he was not fit to stand trial.
Chiluba is accused of stealing millions of dollars in state funds from 1991 to 2001 when he ruled the impoverished Southern African country.
The former president is jointly charged with several other former government officials who worked under him during his presidency. – Sapa-AFP